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Better data than Cookie's Cheating Survey
by CG2S
The General Social Survey (sociology's premier social survey - and of course, unlike Cookie, it's nationally representative) asks how many people have EVER cheated on their spouse. The average over the last decade is about 13%. If we divide that up by gender, it's 17% of men and 11% of women.

Now, eyeballing the data by income (the website won't let me collapse income categories), I see maybe a slight increase of infidelity with income - but nothing suggesting that 30% of rich women could be having an affair. Remember, the GSS question is about ever having been unfaithful. So I wouldn't give Cookie much thought.

Check it out for yourself here:
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