Show I The Nations College Students Are More Conservative In Their Attitudes OBERLIN The OH-The nations nation's college students are more conservative in their attitudes about about- a wide range of subjects than the generation which preceded them according to the most penetrating survey of college student attitudes ever undertaken Student Watch 86 conducted by Simmons Market Research Bureau for the College Stores Research Educational Foundation provided for the first time an in-depth in look at a separate and important force in Americas America's s 's social economic cal picture million students with over 20 billion in hi discretionary annual spending Based on responses ses from randomly selected students who answered a page 29 questionnaire this picture of general attitudes emerged from Americas America's college and university campuses six Fifty-six percent think sex before marriage is always or sometimes wrong while 95 percent believe sex outside marriage is always or sometimes wrong and 69 percent prefer postponing marriage until they have achieved other goals Respondents expressed their political views and alignment 37 percent considered themselves Republicans 31 percent independents and only 28 percent listed themselves as Democrats Sixty-nine Sixty percent of the students said religion was important to varying degrees in their lives and 26 percent said they attended religious services at least once a week 51 percent attend at least once a month When it comes to discretionary spending 61 percent said they had per month or more to spend Nineteen percent in that group has between and another 19 percent spend or more Largest dollar expenditures by students during the school year were at the college store with a median of In other survey highlights 56 percent have and use bank credit cards 41 percent have borrowed money to attend college and 86 percent have savings accounts |