Is there a relationship between attitudes on sexuality and age? Are older people more conservative with respect to questions of sexual morality?

A national sample of 925 respondents has been questioned about attitudes on premarital sex. Responses have been collapsed into two categories: those who believe that premarital sex is “always wrong” and those who believe it is not wrong under certain conditions (“sometimes wrong”). These responses have been cross-tabulated by age, and the results are reported here:

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a. Calculate percentages and gamma for the table. Is there a relationship between these two variables?

Describe the bivariate relationship in terms of its strength and direction. Next, the bivariate relationship is reproduced after controlling for the sex of the respondent.

b. Summarize the results of this control. Does gender have any effect on the relationship between age and attitude? If so, describe the effect of the control variable in terms of the pattern of percentages, the value of the gammas, and the possible causal interrelationships among these variables.