En undersøgelse fra 2018 viser, at 20% af mænd og 13% af kvinder i USA har været utro mod deres ægtefælle. Blandt 18-29-årige er kvinder lidt mere tilbøjelige til utroskab end mænd (11% vs. 10%), men med alderen stiger mænds utroskab markant, især blandt dem over 70 år.
Titel på undersøgelse:
Who Cheats More? The Demographics of Infidelity in America.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
Wendy Wang’s 2018 article from the Institute for Family Studies examines infidelity demographics in America using General Social Survey data. It reveals that 20% of ever-married men and 13% of women report extramarital sex, with the gender gap varying by age: women aged 18-29 slightly outpace men (11% vs. 10%), but men dominate in older groups, peaking at 26% in their 70s, while women hit 16% in their 60s. Cheating rises in middle age and is more common among Black adults (22%) than Whites (16%) or Hispanics (13%). Men from non-intact families and those rarely attending religious services are likelier to cheat. Historical trends show men consistently outpacing women since the 1990s, with cohort effects from the sexual revolution influencing higher rates among those born in the 1940s-50s. The study underscores infidelity’s ties to gender, age, race, family background, and religiosity.