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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Young People's Social Attitudes, 2003

Variable Details

Variableyppms
LabelIs sex before marriage wrong? YP236
Question text Now some questions about sexual relationships. Firstly, if a man and a woman have sexual relations before marriage, what would your general opinion be? Please choose an answer from this card.
Responses
1 Always wrong 35
2 Mostly wrong 39
3 Sometimes wrong 97
4 Rarely wrong 104
5 Not wrong at all 359
6 (Depends) 11
8 Don't know 16
9 Not answered 2
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationYoung People's Social Attitudes, 2003
Interviewer InstructionsCARD Y16.
UniverseYoung people aged 12-19 living in the households of BSA respondents (SN 5235).;Young people;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. Whilst this is not a regular series, a previous YPSA survey was carried out in 1998 and 1994 (see SN 4231 and SN 3629).
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