Sexual fidelity (Demographic Patterns)

Have you ever had sex with someone other than your husband or wife while you were married? Results weighted by WTCOMBNR (General Social Survey 2010 Cross-Section and Panel Combined)

Sexual fidelity by Sex

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	12.5% 112	9.4% 97	10.8% 209
No	50.7% 456	59.8% 618	55.6% 1074
Never married	35.4% 318	29.0% 300	32.0% 618
Dont know	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.2% 11	1.7% 18	1.5% 29
Missing	1359	1610	2969
TOTAL	100.0% 899	100.0% 1033	1932

Sexual fidelity by Political ideology

	Extremely liberal or liberal	Slightly liberal	Moderate	Slightly conservative	Conservative	Extremely conservative	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	12.9% 42	11.4% 26	10.6% 74	12.0% 29	9.0% 27	6.6% 5	5	10.9% 203
No	44.2% 144	48.9% 112	55.0% 382	57.7% 139	70.3% 211	67.1% 51	36	55.7% 1039
Never married	40.5% 132	38.0% 87	33.4% 232	28.6% 69	18.0% 54	26.3% 20	24	31.8% 594
Dont know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
No answer	2.5% 8	1.7% 4	1.0% 7	1.7% 4	2.0% 6	0.0% 0	0	1.6% 29
Missing	452	369	1028	428	493	116	0	2886
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 229	100.0% 695	100.0% 241	100.0% 300	100.0% 76	65	1867

Sexual fidelity by Age

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years or older	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	2.5% 12	8.8% 48	13.9% 67	20.9% 69	13.8% 13	1	10.8% 209
No	19.5% 94	59.3% 322	71.6% 346	71.8% 237	78.7% 74	1	55.5% 1073
Never married	78.0% 376	30.6% 166	12.6% 61	4.5% 15	1.1% 1	0	32.0% 619
Dont know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0	0.1% 2
No answer	0.0% 0	1.3% 7	1.7% 8	2.7% 9	5.3% 5	0	1.5% 29
Missing	485	761	926	497	250	0	2919
TOTAL	100.0% 482	100.0% 543	100.0% 483	100.0% 330	100.0% 94	2	1932

Sexual fidelity by Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	10.6% 33	9.1% 39	13.3% 99	8.3% 37	10.8% 208
No	53.7% 167	61.2% 262	54.6% 407	53.5% 239	55.6% 1075
Never married	33.1% 103	28.5% 122	30.3% 226	37.4% 167	32.0% 618
Dont know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	2.6% 8	1.2% 5	1.6% 12	0.9% 4	1.5% 29
Missing	532	624	1131	680	2967
TOTAL	100.0% 311	100.0% 428	100.0% 746	100.0% 447	1932

Sexual fidelity by Religion

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	11.7% 100	8.0% 41	15.2% 5	12.8% 46	9.4% 16	1	10.8% 208
No	61.4% 523	54.1% 276	66.7% 22	44.2% 159	54.7% 93	2	55.7% 1073
Never married	24.8% 211	36.3% 185	12.1% 4	42.5% 153	35.9% 61	4	31.9% 614
Dont know	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.9% 16	1.6% 8	6.1% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 28
Missing	1483	735	60	450	214	0	2942
TOTAL	100.0% 852	100.0% 510	100.0% 33	100.0% 360	100.0% 170	7	1925

Sexual fidelity by Race

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes	11.0% 160	14.2% 37	5.7% 12	10.8% 209
No	61.2% 893	31.4% 82	46.9% 99	55.6% 1074
Never married	26.4% 385	52.9% 138	45.0% 95	32.0% 618
Dont know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.4% 20	1.5% 4	2.4% 5	1.5% 29
Missing	2266	400	302	2968
TOTAL	100.0% 1460	100.0% 261	100.0% 211	1932

Sexual fidelity by Church attendance

	Less than once a year	Once a year	Several times a year	One to three times a month	Nearly every week	Once a week or more	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	12.6% 73	10.5% 31	12.1% 25	8.1% 24	12.5% 10	8.2% 28	18	10.6% 191
No	48.2% 280	51.5% 152	54.4% 112	54.6% 161	61.3% 49	70.3% 241	79	55.3% 995
Never married	38.2% 222	36.6% 108	31.6% 65	33.9% 100	26.3% 21	20.7% 71	32	32.6% 587
Dont know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
No answer	1.0% 6	1.0% 3	1.9% 4	3.1% 9	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	3	1.4% 25
Missing	834	387	304	492	128	571	0	2716
TOTAL	100.0% 581	100.0% 295	100.0% 206	100.0% 295	100.0% 80	100.0% 343	132	1800

Notes

The General Social Surveys (GSS) have been conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) annually since 1972, except for the years 1979, 1981, and 1992 (a supplement was added in 1992), and biennially beginning in 1994. The GSS are designed to be part of a program of social indicator research, replicating questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. This data file has all cases and variables asked on the 2010 GSS. There are a total of 4,901 cases in the data set but their initial sampling years vary because the GSS now contains panel cases. Sampling years can be identified with the variable SAMPTYPE.