Below are compiled statistics
on infidelity and marriage:
Percentage of marriages that end in divorce in
America: 53%
Percentage of "arranged marriages"
(where parents pick their sons or daughters spouses) that
end in divorce: 3%
Medical field(s) with the highest divorce rate:
psychiatrists and marriage counselors
Percentage of marriages where one or both spouses
admit to infidelity, either physical or emotional:
41%
Percentage of men who admit to committing infidelity
in any relationship they've had: 57%
Percentage of women who admit to committing infidelity
in any relationship they've had: 54%
Percentage of men and women who admit to having
an affair with a co-worker: 36%
Percentage of men and women who admit to infidelity
on business trips: 36%
Percentage of men and women who admit to infidelity
(emotional or physical) with a brother-in-law or sister-in-law:
17%
Average length of an affair: 2 years
Percentage of marriages that last after an affair
has been admitted to or discovered: 31%
Percentage of men who say they would have an
affair if they knew they would never get caught:
74%
Percentage of women who say they would have an
affair if they knew they would never get caught:
68%
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