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Being More Educated and Earning More Increases Romantic Interest: Data from 1.8 M Online Daters from 24 Nations

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Human Nature, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 115 - 131

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s12110-022-09422-2

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How humans choose their mates is a central feature of adult life and an area of considerable disagreement among relationship researchers. However, few studies have examined mate choice (instead of mate preferences) around the world, and fewer still have considered data from online dating services. U...

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