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People's Preferred Age Gap in Marriage

TH (according to VnExpress) January 18, 2025 15:55

Both men and women started dating someone three years older, but their preferred age increased by one every five years.

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At age 25, men typically pair up with a woman 3 years younger.

This is the result of a new study published in the journalPersonal Relationshipsby Professor Jaroslav Gottfried and colleagues at Masaryk University (Czech Republic) based on data analysis from 36,000 couples in 28 European countries.

Research shows that at age 25, men tend to marry women who are three years younger than them. Similarly, the average 25-year-old woman tends to marry a partner who is three years older than her (around 28 years old). Statistics show that the older a man is, the more he prefers a younger wife. Specifically, every five years, this gap increases by one year.

This means that the average age men expect in a partner when starting a new relationship is as follows.

25 years old - partner 22 (3 years gap)

30 years old - partner 26 (4 years gap)

40 years old - partner 34 (6 years gap)

50 years old - partner 42 (8 years gap)

60 years old - partner 50 (10 year gap)

70 years old - spouse 58 (12 years gap)

80 years old - spouse 66 (14 years gap)

For women, a similar effect was observed after age 25. On average, for every 10 years, the preferred age difference when starting a new relationship increased by about a year.

25 years old - partner 28 (3 years gap)

30 years old - spouse 32.5 (2.5 years gap)

40 years old - spouse 41.5 (1.5 years gap)

50 years old - partner 50.5 (0.5 year gap)

60 years old - spouse 59.5 (0.5 year gap)

70 years old - spouse 68.5 (1.5 years gap)

80 years old - spouse 77.5 (2.5 years gap)

Research shows that women initially prefer a slightly older partner, but as they get older they tend to choose a partner of the same age. From the age of 60, women tend to choose a partner who is younger than them.

Many previous studies by American scientists also showed that, at all ages, women prefer men close to their age, while for men, their preference for much younger women remains unchanged.

Some studies believe that men's preference for younger women is an instinctive "evolutionary legacy" that attracts "highly fertile partners."

Scientists also point out that women tend to live longer than men, so they choose younger partners to ensure they have someone to keep them company.

For men, the attraction to younger women may stem from the fact that "marrying a younger woman prolongs a man's life," says demographer Sven Drefahl of Stockholm University.

TH (according to VnExpress)
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