A poll conducted among members of Israel's National-Religious sector found that less than a third (28%) of respondents believe that it is important to continue to fight to fully uphold the practice of shmirat negiya – refraining from touching members of the opposite sex before marriage.
An additional 38% said that it is important to fight to maintain this practice "as much as possible," while 16% said that it depends on age and 18% said it is not important.
Respondents were answering a poll put out by Srugometer, a project that works to stay up to date on trends in the National-Religious community through polling on a variety of issues and works in cooperation with the Zefat Academic College.
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When asked what is the right way to address the phenomenon of people staying single until older ages, 55% said it was important to recognize the situation and provide solutions for single people, while 19% said we should act to change the situation and make the age of marriage earlier. Some 26% of respondents said that they did not know.
online dating (credit: REUTERS)Of those who said that it is right to change the situation, some 36% were national orthodox, 14% were "Masorti" (traditional), 19% were national-haredi (ultra-Orthodox), 7% are formerly religious and 8% are "Dati Light," or mildly religious.
Over 2,000 people responded to the poll, 73% of whom defined themselves as religious, 9% said they were national-haredi, 4% traditional, 4% formerly religious and 10% Dati Light.
Some 28% of respondents had a high school education, 18% had non-academic, upper level education, 36% had a first degree and 18% had a second degree or higher.
