Have sex other than spouse while married

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 1555. Have you ever had sex with someone other than your husband or wife while you were married?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	never married	no	no answer	yes	don't know	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	221	279	853	18	146	-	-	1517
1993	114	258	982	57	195	-	-	1606
1994	201	586	1781	70	354	-	-	2992
1996	258	615	1618	43	369	1	-	2904
1998	383	587	1481	57	324	-	-	2832
2000	417	602	1418	71	308	1	-	2817
2002	502	594	1307	49	311	2	-	2765
2004	573	540	1360	45	291	3	-	2812
2006	2096	623	1414	26	350	1	-	4510
2008	240	491	1046	28	214	4	-	2023
2010	202	523	1058	31	227	3	-	2044
2012	238	486	1003	32	213	2	-	1974
2014	188	636	1375	53	285	1	-	2538
2016	1096	523	1003	28	217	-	-	2867
2018	942	425	806	14	159	2	-	2348
2021	1615	646	1408	49	297	17	-	4032
2022	1327	1095	885	51	170	16	-	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	36878	9509	20798	722	4430	53	3309	75699

Values

• 1 yes

• 2 no

• 3 never married

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook