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  Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey - 1994

Year: 1994
Module: Gender_and_Family_Roles
Variable: PMSWRNG

Question: Do you think it is wrong or not wrong if a man and a woman have sexual relations before marriage?

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages
  3. % of people of different religions.

Overall Results %
Always wrong28
Almost always wrong7
Wrong only sometimes13
Not wrong at all43
Can't choose9
Not answered1

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
Always wrong 27 30
Almost always wrong 5 9
Wrong only sometimes 11 15
Not wrong at all 49 37
Can't choose 8 9
Not answered 0 1

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Always wrong 14 10 17 27 42 66
Almost always wrong 2 3 5 14 9 9
Wrong only sometimes 19 12 20 12 9 6
Not wrong at all 62 67 51 33 25 9
Can't choose 3 8 6 13 14 10
Not answered 0 0 0 1 1 1

Table Index

Results for people of different religions
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Always wrong 28 32 10
Almost always wrong 7 7 4
Wrong only sometimes 16 12 9
Not wrong at all 39 40 73
Can't choose 9 9 4
Not answered 1 1 0

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