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Middletown Area Study, 1990

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SEXDESIR(Percentages are unweighted)

Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement. 'Not controlling one's sexual desires is a sin that God will eventually punish.'

	2) Agree
	1) Strongly agree with this statement
	3) Are you neutral about this statement
	4) Disagree
	6) Don't know
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree	116	28.4%	28.4%	-0.71
Strongly agree with this statement	61	14.9%	43.3%	-1.44
Are you neutral about this statement	72	17.6%	60.9%	0.01
Disagree	111	27.1%	88.0%	0.74
Don't know	21	5.1%	93.2%	2.20
Strongly disagree	28	6.8%	100.0%	1.47

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree	27.7% 51	28.9% 65	28.4% 116
Strongly agree with this statement	17.4% 32	12.9% 29	14.9% 61
Are you neutral about this statement	16.8% 31	18.2% 41	17.6% 72
Disagree	25.5% 47	28.4% 64	27.1% 111
Don't know	4.3% 8	5.8% 13	5.1% 21
Strongly disagree	8.2% 15	5.8% 13	6.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 225	409

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced or separated	Never married	TOTAL
Agree	30.3% 69	30.8% 12	28.6% 18	21.5% 17	28.4% 116
Strongly agree with this statement	14.9% 34	25.6% 10	7.9% 5	15.2% 12	14.9% 61
Are you neutral about this statement	17.1% 39	23.1% 9	19.0% 12	15.2% 12	17.6% 72
Disagree	27.2% 62	5.1% 2	30.2% 19	35.4% 28	27.1% 111
Don't know	3.5% 8	12.8% 5	3.2% 2	7.6% 6	5.1% 21
Strongly disagree	7.0% 16	2.6% 1	11.1% 7	5.1% 4	6.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 228	100.0% 39	100.0% 63	100.0% 79	409

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or trade school	College graduate	Graduate school	TOTAL
Agree	25.4% 15	33.7% 57	25.0% 24	22.2% 10	26.3% 10	28.5% 116
Strongly agree with this statement	16.9% 10	13.0% 22	19.8% 19	13.3% 6	7.9% 3	14.7% 60
Are you neutral about this statement	18.6% 11	22.5% 38	8.3% 8	17.8% 8	15.8% 6	17.4% 71
Disagree	22.0% 13	20.7% 35	38.5% 37	26.7% 12	36.8% 14	27.3% 111
Don't know	10.2% 6	5.3% 9	2.1% 2	6.7% 3	2.6% 1	5.2% 21
Strongly disagree	6.8% 4	4.7% 8	6.3% 6	13.3% 6	10.5% 4	6.9% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 169	100.0% 96	100.0% 45	100.0% 38	407

Age (I-AGE)

	17-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65 & older	TOTAL
Agree	29.1% 30	24.8% 26	26.5% 13	31.6% 25	29.4% 20	28.2% 114
Strongly agree with this statement	8.7% 9	18.1% 19	10.2% 5	7.6% 6	30.9% 21	14.9% 60
Are you neutral about this statement	16.5% 17	12.4% 13	18.4% 9	21.5% 17	22.1% 15	17.6% 71
Disagree	34.0% 35	32.4% 34	38.8% 19	25.3% 20	2.9% 2	27.2% 110
Don't know	3.9% 4	4.8% 5	2.0% 1	6.3% 5	8.8% 6	5.2% 21
Strongly disagree	7.8% 8	7.6% 8	4.1% 2	7.6% 6	5.9% 4	6.9% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 105	100.0% 49	100.0% 79	100.0% 68	404

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$10,000 & less	$10,001-$20,000	$20,001-$30,000	$30,001-$50,000	$50,000 & up	TOTAL
Agree	18.8% 16	37.4% 34	29.7% 19	29.8% 25	21.7% 10	28.1% 104
Strongly agree with this statement	17.6% 15	23.1% 21	12.5% 8	9.5% 8	2.2% 1	14.3% 53
Are you neutral about this statement	24.7% 21	12.1% 11	20.3% 13	17.9% 15	17.4% 8	18.4% 68
Disagree	27.1% 23	16.5% 15	26.6% 17	31.0% 26	47.8% 22	27.8% 103
Don't know	4.7% 4	5.5% 5	0.0% 0	6.0% 5	2.2% 1	4.1% 15
Strongly disagree	7.1% 6	5.5% 5	10.9% 7	6.0% 5	8.7% 4	7.3% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 85	100.0% 91	100.0% 64	100.0% 84	100.0% 46	370

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/Don't know	TOTAL
Agree	24.6% 14	31.9% 61	33.0% 32	14.5% 8	14.3% 1	28.5% 116
Strongly agree with this statement	8.8% 5	16.8% 32	22.7% 22	1.8% 1	14.3% 1	15.0% 61
Are you neutral about this statement	12.3% 7	21.5% 41	15.5% 15	14.5% 8	14.3% 1	17.7% 72
Disagree	45.6% 26	19.4% 37	19.6% 19	41.8% 23	57.1% 4	26.8% 109
Don't know	3.5% 2	5.8% 11	5.2% 5	5.5% 3	0.0% 0	5.2% 21
Strongly disagree	5.3% 3	4.7% 9	4.1% 4	21.8% 12	0.0% 0	6.9% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 191	100.0% 97	100.0% 55	100.0% 7	407