Morality of New Zealanders
September 14, 2009
UMR polled 750 NZers from 30 July to 2 August 2009. Findings:
- The most morally acceptable activities were divorce (81%), sex before marriage (77%), birth outside marriage (71%)
- Homosexual relations deemed acceptable by 61%, euthanasia by 55%, abortion by 55% and gambling by 52%
- Least acceptable are human cloning (7%), polygamy (11%), affairs (13%), suicide (20%), animal cloning (27%) and the death penalty (41%)