Adultery Divorce Statistics

If a married person has a voluntary sexual intercourse with another person who is not his or her spouse, then it can be said that Adultery has been committed.

Some facts regarding Adultery Divorce Statistics

As per the United Nations World Fertility Reports released in 2003, 89 percent of all individuals in the country get married before completing their 49th birthday. However, it should not be assumed that all these marriages adhere to monogamy. It has been recorded that 80 to 85 percent of societies permit polygamous marriage. Several people are aware of the fact that in the past Mormons observed polygamy. It has been found that a majority of men in the society cannot afford several wives and hence the average society marriage comprises of 1 woman and 1 man.

It is a difficult task to collect controlled and honest adultery statistics. However, it has been detected that 30 to 40 percent of adultery victims are men while 60 to 70 percent are women. Adultery is on the rise due to modern technology and willing sex partners and one can easily guess that the statistics would not decelerate soon. Now, adultery has become one of the top reasons for divorce.

Poll results leading to Adultery Divorce Statistics

A poll of 0.137 million women was conducted and the result was that –

• Almost 55 percent women had caught their spouse committing adultery red-handed
• About 36 percent women suspected their spouse of adultery
• 7 percent women were of the opinion that their spouse had never cheated them

A poll of 8,495 women was executed and this resulted as under –

• 19 percent of the women were of the opinion that adultery is immoral and hence they would not do it
• 24 percent of the women refused to commit adultery as they had high respect for their partner
• 12 percent of the women were willing for adultery, but they would feel guilty for performing it
• 45 percent of the women were ready for adultery, if they could get away with it

4,219 votes were collected regarding how many men, one woman was dating –

• 7 percent replied that they were dating 4 or more men
• 3 percent divulged that they were dating 3 men
• 9 percent said that they were dating 2 men
• 36 percent revealed that they were dating 1 man
• 43 percent women were dating none

6,448 women voted to the question how the morality of men had changed over the past 5 years regarding the issue of integrity, character and values –

• 83 percent women replied that men have much less morality than they had 5 years back
• 8 percent women replied that the morality is somewhat less
• 6 percent women were of the opinion that it seems that those characters no longer matter
• 3 percent women voted that men have more morality now

For the question, "Should adultery be prosecuted in courts?", 67 percent replied 'Yes' and 33 percent replied 'No.'

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