Marriage

Question 1

In US and other similar countries, what percentage of people have sex before marriage?

Answer 1

90-95%
Wellings et Al. 06
Finer 07

Question 2

Fisher (89) found that divorce rates tend to peak at what point relative to having kids? What’s that about?

Answer 2

4yrs after the birth of a child. Once primary child rearing responsibilities are over, it would seem…?

Question 3

How often does mate poaching (active seduction of a mate away from their partner) occur?

Answer 3

A lot. Schmitt & Buss (2001) asked Americans: 50% had attempted a poach; 80% said someone had attempted to seduce them away from their partner; 25% had lost a partner to poaching

Question 4

What percentage of children in the UK are raised by cuckolded fathers?

Answer 4

About 10%(!)
See Gray p83
(Men who are uncertain of their paternity are right to worry one-third of the time!)