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Individual differences in age preferences in mates: Taking a closer look
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 1997
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.
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