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Partner preference and age: User's mating behavior in online dating
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Abstract
Objective: We test whether real online-user mating behavior corresponds with expectations from both the sociobiological and social perspectives and explore the age differentials that individuals opt for when searching for a mate and how this evolves relative to the user's age and gender. Background:... view more
Objective: We test whether real online-user mating behavior corresponds with expectations from both the sociobiological and social perspectives and explore the age differentials that individuals opt for when searching for a mate and how this evolves relative to the user's age and gender. Background: Age plays a vital role in partner choice. Previous studies have focused primarily on age differences between couples and their self-reported preferences for partners of a certain age. However, little is known about how age affects behavior in the online dating market. Method: We use behavioral data from a Czech online dating app, Pinkilin and analyze 197,519 invitations that users sent to each other in July 2017. Results: Men strongly prefer young women, and women prefer partners of their age or slightly older. At older ages, men’s preference for younger women widens, while women's preferences become more diverse. Homogamous tendencies are stronger among younger users and women. Conclusion: Overall, our results corroborate those of previous research on online dating, but we extend this research in terms of age differences in the Czech context.... view less
Keywords
online media; Internet; choice of partner; age difference; preference; Czech Republic
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Free Keywords
Online dating; age homogamy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 566-591
Journal
JFR - Journal of Family Research, 33 (2021) 3
ISSN
2699-2337
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed