Comparison between primary and secondary mate markets: an analysis of data from lonely hearts columns

• Published in: Personality and individual differences Vol. 35; no. 8; pp. 1849 - 1857
• Main Authors: Koziel, Slawomir, Pawlowski, Boguslaw
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Behavior. Attitude; Biological and medical sciences; Data analysis; Dating; Education; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Height; Mate market; Personal advertisement; Personal advertisements; Poland; Preferences; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social psychology; Height; Personal advertisement; Preferences; Education; Mate market; Social environment; Human; Social preference; Rural environment; Urban environment; Education level; Attitude; Sex; Mate selection; Divorce; Social behavior; Marital status; Strategy; Advertising; Comparative study

Personal advertisements placed in newspapers can be a good source of information on the dynamics of the human mate market. From an analysis of 1587 (776 female and 811 male) advertisements placed in the local Lower Silesian (Poland) newspaper, we were able to compare primary (never married) (PMM) an...