Table : Table 14.2 Attitudes Toward Various Sexual Practices by Country
 

Percentage of Respondents Who Felt This Type of Sex Was Always Wrong

Countries

Sex before marriage

Sex before Age 16

Extramarital sex

Same-sex relations

Australia

13%

61%

59%

55%

Canada

12

55

68

39

Germany

5

34

55

42

Great Britain

12

67

67

58

Israel

19

67

73

57

Japan

19

60

58

65

Netherlands

7

45

63

19

Russia

13

45

36

57

Spain

20

59

76

45

Sweden

4

32

68

56

USA

29

71

80

70

[Data source: Widmer et al. (1998)]