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by strikelaserclaw 1103 days ago
Guess you didn't read the point underneath

"Just under a fifth of respondents — 19.5 percent — reported cheating in high school. The wealthiest students reported the highest rates of cheating, with 25.2 percent of students with families making more than $500,000 a year having engaged in academic dishonesty. "

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This could easily be skewed by self-reporting bias. Perhaps wealthier students feel they have less to potentially lose by answering the survey honestly.
The actual base rate of academic dishonesty is unknown. Maybe these students are especially honest about their dishonesty?