The United States and Canada.(surveys of americans and canadians)(Illustration)

As the polling data below show, the United States and Canada differ--sometimes sharply--on a number of social issues. Canadians are more likely than Americans to say that premarital sex, extramarital affairs, divorce, and having a baby outside of marriage are morally acceptable. Some of our differences surely stem from the strength of religious belief and practice in the United States. Canadians are less likely than Americans to favor the death penalty. Only small numbers of Canadians and Americans say they have given serious thought to moving to each other's countries.

 
Question: Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, 
for each one, please tell me whether you personally believe... 
 
Morally acceptable in general 
 
          Sex between an   Married men        Medical research using 
          unmarried man     and women         stem cells obtained 
            and woman      having an affair   from human embryos 
 
U.S. 
response          60%          7%                  54% 
 
Canadian 
response          78          16                   61 
 
          Divorce   Having a baby outside 
                        of marriage 
 
U.S. 
response     66%          49% 
 
Canadian 
response     78            73 
 
Note: U.S. interviews were conducted in 
June, July, and August 2004. ...