It is true that some married women have affairs outside of their marriage.
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported that over 168,000 married women cheat on their husbands.
As per the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2022, 3.8% of Ghanaian married women reported having an extramarital affair.
A mere 0.9% of women in marriage acknowledged being in multiple relationships. In Ghana, 4.0% of divorced, separated, or widowed women have more than one partner, and 46.6% have had sex outside of marriage or cohabitation.
Furthermore, 46.1% of women aged 15 to 24 report having had sex with someone other than their spouse or cohabitant, and 3.5% report having multiple partners.
Nonetheless, the survey found that 17.5% of Ghanaian men in marriage have extramarital affairs.
Out of every ten, it was stated, have two or more partners who are not married.
The survey’s shocking finding is that 17.5% of married Ghanaian men have extramarital affairs.
This means that roughly two married men out of every ten have more than one extramarital partner.
18.4% of these married men have engaged in sexual activity with people other than their spouses, according to further data analysis.
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