Assortative (online) dating: Insights into partner choice from an experimental dating app

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Highlights:

• Attractiveness is most important factor in partner choice on a dating app.

• Users with Dutch ancestry are more likely to pick profiles of White users, but not profiles of users with a Dutch-sounding name.

• Higher educated users are more likely to pick profiles mentioning a university.

• Overall, we find some patterns of assortative mating on a dating app.

摘要

•Attractiveness is most important factor in partner choice on a dating app.•Users with Dutch ancestry are more likely to pick profiles of White users, but not profiles of users with a Dutch-sounding name.•Higher educated users are more likely to pick profiles mentioning a university.•Overall, we find some patterns of assortative mating on a dating app.

论文关键词:Assortative mating,Racial dating preferences,Online dating,Dating apps

论文评审过程:Received 1 March 2021, Revised 2 July 2021, Accepted 27 September 2021, Available online 1 October 2021, Version of Record 9 October 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107039