On dating sites looking for similar

Online dating sites are a civilized and modern way to find a partner. At the same time, it is a very convenient tool for sociologists. To study the behavior of men and women in the marriage period, now they do not need to conduct time-consuming polls. It is enough just to process statistics about online dating, and immediately everything becomes clear.

This is exactly how sociological students from Berkeley acted. They set themselves the task of dispelling the common myth that “opposites attract” and conducted a corresponding study ( PDF ).

It turned out that on dating sites the opposites do not attract at all. There, people are looking for partners like themselves. The same questionnaire is a sign that people may like each other. Below is a list of questionnaire items, the similarity of which increases the likelihood of successful contact. It is also indicated how exactly this probability increases.

Same parameter in the questionnaire and contact probability multiplier
Marital status: 1.64x .
Number of children desired: 1.54x .
Number of children: 1.39x .
Body Type: 1.28x .
Smoking: 1.25x .
Appearance: 1,23x .
Education: 1.19x .
Religion: 1.17x .
Race: 1.14x .
Drinking habits: 1.12x .
Pet preferences: 1.11x .
Pets available: 1,08x .
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Other interesting facts about that. who use dating sites.
* 62.8% of registered users are men, but the majority of active users (55%) are women.
* For men, the average age is 36 years, for women - 33 years.
* 78.2% of messages on dating sites remain unanswered.
* Messages from men are ignored by women more often than messages from women - by men.