Age Differences Between Spouses in a Brazilian Marriage Sample

Otta, Emma; Queiroz, Renato da Silva; Campos, Lucila de Sousa; Silva, Monika Weronika Dowbor da; Silveira, Mariana Telles

doi:10.1016/s1090-5138(98)00041-5

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“…Moreover, actual marriage patterns also support these predictions, as men are more likely to be married to younger wives, and wealthy men are more likely to be married to younger wives than less wealthy men (e.g., Berardo, Appel, & Berardo, ; Casterline, Williams, & McDonald, ; Kenrick & Keefe, ; Otta, da Silva Queiroz, de Sousa Campos, Dowbor da Silva, & Silveira, ; Pollet, Pratt, Edwards, & Stulp, ). Data from actual marriages thus suggest that there is evidence for some degree of correspondence between mate preferences and mate choice.…”

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Finding your Soulmate: Homosexual and heterosexual age preferences in online dating

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Heterosexual age preferences have been extensively studied by evolutionary psychologists, social psychologists, and demographers. Much less is known about such preferences in homosexual men and women. Around two decades ago, D. T. Kenrick, R. C. Keefe, A. Bryan, A. Barr, and S. Brown (1995) examined heterosexual and homosexual mating preferences for age in men and women. Our study aimed to replicate these findings by examining age preferences in a larger UK online dating sample. Dating advertisements of 996 male and female heterosexuals and homosexuals were coded. Age preferences were assessed via generalized linear models with robust standard errors and bootstrapping. Results showed that the relation between own age and preferred age differed substantially between the groups. With increasing age, heterosexual men preferred younger partners. Older heterosexual men (> 50 years) exclusively sought (much) younger women than themselves, whereas younger heterosexual men sought both older and younger women. Male and female homosexuals followed this general trend of preferring increasingly younger mates with increasing age. However, they displayed a higher upper age tolerance and greater range of acceptable ages than both heterosexual men and women. Female heterosexuals' age preferences were distinct from the other groups, in that they displayed a male older norm with no substantial interest expressed in males younger than themselves. Our findings thus largely corroborate those of Kenrick et al. with some exceptions, such as a larger tolerance of age ranges in homosexual men and women compared to heterosexual men and women. Results are discussed with reference to the current literature on similarities and differences in heterosexual and homosexual mate preferences.

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Finding your Soulmate: Homosexual and heterosexual age preferences in online dating

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“…Esse estudo corrobora com diferentes pesquisas realizadas no Brasil no campo da seleção de parceiros e estratégia sexual (Campos, 1999;Otta & Siqueira, 2002;Queiroz;Silva & Silveira, 1999), o que contribui para os resultados interculturais com a ampliação das amostras sul-americanas.…”

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Sócio-sexualidade e desconto do futuro: mecanismo de alocação de investimentos e tomada de decisão

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“…O maior investimento feminino na prole, por exemplo, via gestação e amamentação, pressionou a evolução de estratégias de maior recato e maior exigência na seleção dos parceiros. Os homens, que investem menos na prole, são menos recatados e exigentes, e mais competitivos intra-sexualmente pelo acesso às mulheres (Buss, 1994(Buss, , 2003Buss & Barnes, 1986;Buss & Schmitt,1993;Campos, 1999;Siqueira, 2002;Queiroz;Silva;Silveira, 1999).…”

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Age Differences Between Spouses in a Brazilian Marriage Sample

Cited by 45 publications

References 8 publications

Finding your Soulmate: Homosexual and heterosexual age preferences in online dating

Finding your Soulmate: Homosexual and heterosexual age preferences in online dating

Sócio-sexualidade e desconto do futuro: mecanismo de alocação de investimentos e tomada de decisão

Variação individual nas estratégias sexuais : alocação de investimentos parentais e pluralismo estratégico

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