Chinanews, Beijing, June 4 – The Renmin University of China's Sex Sociology Research Institute on Sunday issued a report about the impacts of social development on Chinese people's sex behaviors and sex relations between 2000 and 2006. The report says that at least two-thirds of the Chinese people accept premarital sex behaviors. The survey covers people from a wide range of social groups, including women, middle-aged people, the middle class, employers, officials, office staff members, technicians, teachers, and intellectuals.
The survey was financially aided by the Ford Fundation. It presents a situation in which a man and woman have sex relations before they get married. The survey offers four choices to ask people whether this is (A) totally not a moral issue, or (B) not a moral issue under normal cases, or (C) probably a moral issue or (D) a very serious moral issue.
The result shows that among the four choices, the percentage points that pick up the first and second choices (basically not a moral issue) increased from 55.69% in 2000 to 63.78% in 2006. From statistical science's point of view, this has made a remarkable difference. The report shows that most women accept premarital relations more quickly than men, as the percentage points of women who accept such behaviors have risen from 49% to 60.3%, increasing by over 11 percentage points. In addition, the report also shows that two-thirds of the middle-aged people and 70% of the middle-income people accept premarital relations.
Among different social groups, intellectuals and people regarded as the backbones in society are the main group of people that accept premarital activities, as 70% of the people in these groups accept such activities. They are also the groups where the percentage rates that accept such behaviors have increased the fastest among all in the past six years, said Pan Suiming, director of the Sex Sociological Research Institute who led the survey.
The survey was financially aided by the Ford Fundation. It presents a situation in which a man and woman have sex relations before they get married. The survey offers four choices to ask people whether this is (A) totally not a moral issue, or (B) not a moral issue under normal cases, or (C) probably a moral issue or (D) a very serious moral issue.
The result shows that among the four choices, the percentage points that pick up the first and second choices (basically not a moral issue) increased from 55.69% in 2000 to 63.78% in 2006. From statistical science's point of view, this has made a remarkable difference. The report shows that most women accept premarital relations more quickly than men, as the percentage points of women who accept such behaviors have risen from 49% to 60.3%, increasing by over 11 percentage points. In addition, the report also shows that two-thirds of the middle-aged people and 70% of the middle-income people accept premarital relations.
Among different social groups, intellectuals and people regarded as the backbones in society are the main group of people that accept premarital activities, as 70% of the people in these groups accept such activities. They are also the groups where the percentage rates that accept such behaviors have increased the fastest among all in the past six years, said Pan Suiming, director of the Sex Sociological Research Institute who led the survey.