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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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EXMARSEX

There's been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. Please indicate how you feel about each of the following sexual behaviors. Are they always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all? -- what about a married person having sexual relations with someone other than the marriage partner?

	1) Always wrong
	2) Almost always wrong
	3) Wrong sometimes
	4) Not wrong at all

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Always wrong	206	52.7%	52.7%	-.83
Almost always wrong	122	31.2%	83.9%	.45
Wrong sometimes	58	14.8%	98.7%	1.74
Not wrong at all	5	1.3%	100%	3.03

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Always wrong	75.0% 6	47.3% 52	54.3% 70	45.6% 41	68.6% 24	51.9% 193
Almost always wrong	0.0% 0	40.9% 45	28.7% 37	32.2% 29	20.0% 7	31.7% 118
Wrong sometimes	25.0% 2	10.9% 12	16.3% 21	18.9% 17	11.4% 4	15.1% 56
Not wrong at all	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.8% 1	3.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 129	100.0% 90	100.0% 35	372

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Always wrong	62.5% 35	57.1% 56	52.6% 40	48.4% 44	43.1% 28	52.6% 203
Almost always wrong	21.4% 12	26.5% 26	32.9% 25	33.0% 30	43.1% 28	31.3% 121
Wrong sometimes	12.5% 7	15.3% 15	13.2% 10	17.6% 16	13.8% 9	14.8% 57
Not wrong at all	3.6% 2	1.0% 1	1.3% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 98	100.0% 76	100.0% 91	100.0% 65	386

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Always wrong	60.0% 96	35.5% 11	42.3% 30	68.4% 13	51.0% 50	42.9% 3	52.6% 203
Almost always wrong	21.9% 35	45.2% 14	46.5% 33	21.1% 4	32.7% 32	28.6% 2	31.1% 120
Wrong sometimes	16.3% 26	19.4% 6	9.9% 7	10.5% 2	15.3% 15	28.6% 2	15.0% 58
Not wrong at all	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 19	100.0% 98	100.0% 7	386

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Always wrong	43.3% 68	56.4% 31	62.9% 56	45.5% 10	60.0% 33	52.4% 198
Almost always wrong	36.9% 58	29.1% 16	30.3% 27	40.9% 9	18.2% 10	31.7% 120
Wrong sometimes	19.1% 30	14.5% 8	4.5% 4	13.6% 3	18.2% 10	14.6% 55
Not wrong at all	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 55	100.0% 89	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	378

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always wrong	48.0% 59	54.1% 139	52.1% 198
Almost always wrong	30.9% 38	31.9% 82	31.6% 120
Wrong sometimes	20.3% 25	12.5% 32	15.0% 57
Not wrong at all	0.8% 1	1.6% 4	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 257	380

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,000 - $30,000	$30,000 - $40,000	$40,000 - $50,000	$50,000 - $60,000	$60,000+	TOTAL
Always wrong	60.3% 70	46.6% 41	54.0% 34	37.8% 14	52.6% 10	44.1% 15	51.5% 184
Almost always wrong	29.3% 34	37.5% 33	27.0% 17	29.7% 11	31.6% 6	41.2% 14	32.2% 115
Wrong sometimes	8.6% 10	15.9% 14	19.0% 12	29.7% 11	10.5% 2	11.8% 4	14.8% 53
Not wrong at all	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	5.3% 1	2.9% 1	1.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 88	100.0% 63	100.0% 37	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	357