Marriage and Infidelity – A Few Stats
If you keep up with entertainment news, you frequently hear about celebrity marriage scandals. The newest one, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher. Demi filed for divorce last week. Her decision follows rumors about Ashton’s infidelity and specifically US Weekly’s story where the alleged mistress, Sara Leal, spoke out on their recent sexual encounter. The interview revealed that Kutcher and Leal didn’t use protection. If true…why? What next? A paternity suit? A few marriage and infidelity statistics for thought:
30%-60% of all married individuals in the U.S. will cheat during some part of their marriage*. (This research was completed almost 15 years ago, the numbers are probably higher.) *Buss, D. M., & Shackelford, T. K. (1997). Susceptibility to infidelity in the first year of marriage. Journal of Research in Personality, 31, 193-221.
If you’re married under 30, you are more likely to cheat. *Wall Street Journal, Young and Restless
More than 41% of all children are born out of wedlock. * U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services Dec ’10 Nat’l Vital Statistics Report
2% to 3% of all children are the product of infidelity. *Anderson, K. G. (2006). How well does paternity confidence match actual paternity? Evidence from worldwide nonpaternity rates. Current Anthropology 48, in
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