SOL: Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey

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Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1989

Year: 1989
Module: Morality
Variable: EXMS

Question: What about a married person having sexual relations with someone other than his or her partner?

Index to tables on this page

% of men and women
% of people of different ages
% of people of different religions.

Overall Results	%
Always wrong	77
Mostly wrong	13
Sometimes wrong	5
Rarely wrong	1
Not wrong at all	1
(Depends/varies)	3
Don't know	0
Not answered	1

Table Index

Results for men and women	%
	Male	Female
Always wrong	73	81
Mostly wrong	15	12
Sometimes wrong	6	3
Rarely wrong	1	1
Not wrong at all	1	0
(depends/varies)	3	2
Don't know	0	0
Not answered	1	1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Always wrong	79	65	70	80	84	89
Mostly wrong	16	23	15	10	12	2
Sometimes wrong	3	7	6	7	3	3
Rarely wrong	1	0	1	0	0	3
Not wrong at all	0	1	2	0	0	0
(depends/varies)	0	4	6	2	0	1
Don't know	0	0	1	0	0	0
Not answered	1	0	0	2	0	2

Table Index

Results for people of different religions	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Always wrong	82	79	54
Mostly wrong	12	13	22
Sometimes wrong	2	4	17
Rarely wrong	1	0	2
Not wrong at all	0	1	2
(depends/varies)	2	2	3
Don't know	1	0	0
Not answered	0	1	0

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