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Individual differences in age preferences in mates: Taking a closer look

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Dorothy Einon
Dorothy Einon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United [email protected]
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Abstract

British marriage statistics (N = 311,564) suggest that women of breeding age choose young men. Women past breeding age who could still be raising children extend choices to include older men. After this, women do not marry. The choices of men over 50 are restricted to women between 40 and 55: past breeding but young enough to be raising children; the few men over 50 that marry choose women in this age range.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 137 - 138
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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