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There's been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. If a man and woman have sexual relations before marriage, do you think it is always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all?
| Florida poll conducted in year | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 06 | |||
| sexual relations before marriage | always wrong | 27.5% | 24.7% | 24.1% | 22.8% | 21.4% | 24.2% | 28.2% | 28.6% | 27.7% | 27.3% | 31.3% | 29.9% | 27.1% | 24.4% | 26.0% | 25.7% | 25.8% | 25.7% | 26.2% |
| almost always wrong | 10.1% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 9.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% | 9.9% | 10.6% | 8.7% | 9.2% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 8.4% | 8.8% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 9.1% | |
| wrong only sometimes | 23.8% | 20.9% | 21.1% | 23.9% | 22.8% | 23.5% | 21.3% | 21.5% | 23.0% | 22.6% | 19.9% | 22.0% | 22.9% | 21.0% | 19.5% | 22.4% | 21.3% | 20.5% | 21.9% | |
| not wrong at all | 38.7% | 46.0% | 46.1% | 43.7% | 46.7% | 43.6% | 40.7% | 39.3% | 40.6% | 40.9% | 40.1% | 40.0% | 39.6% | 44.2% | 46.0% | 43.1% | 44.0% | 45.7% | 42.8% | |
| Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |