Infidelity data, known as Fair's Affairs. Cross-section data from a survey conducted by Psychology Today in 1969. This dataset is sourced from the AER package.

data(affairs)

Format

A data frame containing 601 observations on 9 variables.

affairs

numeric. How often engaged in extramarital sexual intercourse during the past year? 0 = none, 1 = once, 2 = twice, 3 = 3 times, 7 = 4–10 times, 12 = monthly, 12 = weekly, 12 = daily.

gender

factor indicating gender.

age

numeric variable coding age in years: 17.5 = under 20, 22 = 20–24, 27 = 25–29, 32 = 30–34, 37 = 35–39, 42 = 40–44, 47 = 45–49, 52 = 50–54, 57 = 55 or over.

yearsmarried

numeric variable coding number of years married: 0.125 = 3 months or less, 0.417 = 4–6 months, 0.75 = 6 months–1 year, 1.5 = 1–2 years, 4 = 3–5 years, 7 = 6–8 years, 10 = 9–11 years, 15 = 12 or more years.

children

factor. Are there children in the marriage?

religiousness

numeric variable coding religiousness: 1 = anti, 2 = not at all, 3 = slightly, 4 = somewhat, 5 = very.

education

numeric variable coding level of education: 9 = grade school, 12 = high school graduate, 14 = some college, 16 = college graduate, 17 = some graduate work, 18 = master's degree, 20 = Ph.D., M.D., or other advanced degree.

occupation

numeric variable coding occupation according to Hollingshead classification (reverse numbering).

rating

numeric variable coding self rating of marriage: 1 = very unhappy, 2 = somewhat unhappy, 3 = average, 4 = happier than average, 5 = very happy.

Source

Fair, R.C. (1978). A Theory of Extramarital Affairs. Journal of Political Economy, 86, 45–61.

References

  • Greene, W.H. (2003). Econometric Analysis, 5th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

  • Fair, R.C. (1978). A Theory of Extramarital Affairs. Journal of Political Economy, 86, 45–61.

See also

Affairs for the original dataset in the AER package

Examples

data(affairs)
summary(affairs)
#>     affairs          gender         age         yearsmarried    children 
#>  Min.   : 0.000   female:315   Min.   :17.50   Min.   : 0.125   no :171  
#>  1st Qu.: 0.000   male  :286   1st Qu.:27.00   1st Qu.: 4.000   yes:430  
#>  Median : 0.000                Median :32.00   Median : 7.000            
#>  Mean   : 1.456                Mean   :32.49   Mean   : 8.178            
#>  3rd Qu.: 0.000                3rd Qu.:37.00   3rd Qu.:15.000            
#>  Max.   :12.000                Max.   :57.00   Max.   :15.000            
#>  religiousness     education       occupation        rating     
#>  Min.   :1.000   Min.   : 9.00   Min.   :1.000   Min.   :1.000  
#>  1st Qu.:2.000   1st Qu.:14.00   1st Qu.:3.000   1st Qu.:3.000  
#>  Median :3.000   Median :16.00   Median :5.000   Median :4.000  
#>  Mean   :3.116   Mean   :16.17   Mean   :4.195   Mean   :3.932  
#>  3rd Qu.:4.000   3rd Qu.:18.00   3rd Qu.:6.000   3rd Qu.:5.000  
#>  Max.   :5.000   Max.   :20.00   Max.   :7.000   Max.   :5.000