The #1 reason men and women think people stay in relationships with spouses who cheat is their children (40%).

If they learned their significant other was cheating, the majority of Americans say they would leave instead of stay (58% vs. 30%). Women are significantly more likely than men to say they would leave (63% vs. 53%). Men are significantly more likely than women to stay with their spouse (35% vs. 26%). This finding might feed into the larger demographic changes to American society where women are growing more independent, thanks to higher education, delayed marriage, and greater involvement in their own personal finances/career etc.

The poll results are based on telephone interviews conducted from March 14 to March 16, 2008. A total of 1005 interviews were completed with 528 female adults and 477 male adults. The margin of error for this study is +/- 3 percentage points and is higher for subgroups.

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