In 2021, around 21 percent of respondents in the United States admitted to have cheated on any partner, current or previous. This is an increase compared to last year, when 20 percent admitted to the same.

This statistic shows the results of a survey among adult Americans in 2016 on how often they feel the need to lie or cheat. During the survey, 13 percent of respondents stated they occasionally have to lie or to cheat.

In 2021, around 10 percent of respondents in the United States admitted to have cheated on their current partner. This is roughly the same as in the previous year, when 10 percent admitted to the same.

According to a report released by Gleeden, an online dating platform for extra-marital affairs, 77 percent of female Gleeden users in India who have cheated on their spouse did so due to being bored by a monotonous married life. The report also found that 72 percent of unfaithful women did not regret cheating.

This statistic shows the results of a survey in the United States in 2012 among singles on infidelity in relationships. 7.7 percent of respondents said they have been unfaithful themselves to a partner before.

This statistic shows the moral stance of Americans regarding an affair between a married man and a married woman in 2018. During the survey, 10 percent of respondents stated that they think an affair between a married man and a married woman is morally acceptable.

The moral acceptance of social issues in the US

More than two thirds of respondents to a survey in the United States responded that they believe that sex between an unmarried man and woman is morally acceptable, while one third believed that it is morally wrong and only 1 percent stated that it is not a moral issue. Unsurprisingly, when posing the same question to respondents of the Mormon faith, a significantly higher percentage stated they believed that premarital sex is morally wrong.

Regarding other morally acceptable or unacceptable actions, divorce had an acceptance rate of 71 percent among the American population, and the use of birth control was deemed acceptable – remarkably higher than the acceptance rates for premarital sex.

In the United States, the likelihood of divorce after the first marriage is at about 41 percent, and proportionally higher the more times one gets hitched; and it is increasingly more accepted than it has been in the past. Interestingly, the 2015 results for premarital sex acceptance in the United States are quite different from the results of a similar survey back in 2013, conducted globally, in which 36 percent of respondents in the United States said that premarital sex is not a moral issue, only 29 percent responded that it was acceptable and 30 percent stated it was unacceptable. The country with the least acceptance was Pakistan, where no one responded that premarital sex was acceptable. This is not surprising when taking into account that Pakistan is an Islamic Republic. In contrast, Czechia had the highest acceptance rates, a country with one of the largest atheist populations worldwide.

According to a 2023 survey, over half of teachers say that they believe using essay generators powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to complete written assignments is a prevalent AI-related cheating method at their educational institution in the United States. A further ** percent cited utilizing chatbots or voice assistants for assistance during exams as a prevalent AI cheating method at their educational institution.