42% of Armenians believe that using contraceptives is morally wrong, a new survey on social views and morality carried out by Pew Research Center revealed recently.

Respondents across 18 countries in Central and Eastern Europe were asked whether various behaviors are morally acceptable, morally wrong or “not a moral issue.”

96% in Armenia said that drug use and prostitution are morally wrong, while 42% said they oppose contraceptive use. In Georgia and Estonia, for example, this figure stands at 36% and 5%, respectively.

56% of respondents from Armenia said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, with women significantly more likely than men to have such an opinion.

Meanwhile, 69% think that having an abortion is morally wrong.

More than two thirds (67%) in the country said they prefer a marriage where partners share work, childcare and household responsibilities. 82% think, however, that a wife must always obey her husband. Women are significantly less likely than men to agree with the latter idea.

The majority of adults in 12 of the 18 countries surveyed (82% in Armenia) agree with the statement “Women have a moral responsibility to society to bear children.”

Furthermore, many adults across Armenia (53%) say that men should have greater employment rights than women when jobs are scarce.