In the UK 20% of men are unknowingly raising children that are not biologically theirs . Itβs not an insult to paternity test in the face of these type of statistics. It may be hurtful but itβs definitely necessary imo.
The 20-30% positive-ratio comes from the studies that analyze the results of paternity tests, not the paternity results of all married men.
Don't do it, statistically speaking, men are NOT unknowingly raising children that are not theirs. That is a fake-news talking point that feeds misogynistic believes. If he is guided by this popular belief or you think he doesn't has good intentions, it is your right to confront him.
Even the comments cant math right.
f you only x-ray people with really sore legs, and you find that 50 percent have a broken bone, you can't extrapolate that to say that 59 per cent of people have a broken leg. This is called selection bias. Basically, the reason that they ask for a test is very important in interpreting the actual population statistic based on the sample.
Yeah I wonder what the selection group of people taking paternity tests is 
Even if you have reason to ask for a paternity test, itβs still 70-80% likely the kid is yours. If you wanted another way to look at the data.
The real statistic is right here in the comments. 3/4 of men so who want a paternity test are just paranoid. Male jealousy is, scientifically speaking, bullshit and/or projecting an alarmingly high amount of the time.
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It's definitely really high but we can't say exactly how high. If there was a big push to start paternity testing though, the government would ban it like France did. Everyone knows a big chunk of men are raising someone else's kids, but if it comes out in the open society would basically crumble and the government has a vested interest in preventing that
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IF there was a big push, men would care and it would be really hard to forbid it.
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