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Table 3 Mean Scores of Attitudes toward Sexual Permissiveness by Selected Social and Demographic characteristic

From: Paradoxical attitudes toward premarital dating and sexual encounters in Tehran, Iran: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

N (%)

Sexual Attitude (9-27)

P-value

Gender

 Female

345 (45.5)

17.64

<0.001

 Male

410 (54.5)

17.70

 

Age (years)

 15-24

231 (30.6)

19.55

 

 25-34

331 (43.8)

19.14

<0.001

 35-49

193 (25.6)

17.39

 

Marriage status

 never married

385 (51.1)

19.94

 

 ever Married

370 (48.9)

17.55

<0.001

Level of Education

 <diploma

89 (11.1)

18.38

 

 Diploma-technical

189 (24.3)

18.75

= 0.566

 Collegiate

477 (64.5)

18.47

 

Religiosity

 Very important

199 (26.3)

15.35

 

 Important

355 (46.9)

18.32

<0.001

 No important

202 (26.7)

22.44

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