Mate selection
Mate Selection Selecting your mate is not only what you want physically in a person but also the propinquity you share with one another. I created a survey questioning age to see any patterns by how much age difference and what mate is usually is oldest. Then I included questions their economical back ground to analyze if there is vast income class gaps in between on another. On the survey I included questions about their educational level and income level many times often related the higher education the more income. Last but not least question about ethnicity do people stick to their own race and does religion link to one another to see if there are any similarities in their beliefs. In this survey I included questions about both the person taking the survey and their mates. The results were extremely clear. When it comes to age it is clear what mate is commonly oldest. In our culture that we are in the men are older. Reading on some research I have learned on a study that “men prefer a partner who is 2.3 years younger and women prefer a partner who is 3.4 years older than they are” (Schwarz). That matches with my own survey research that I have done. Nine out of the ten surveys questionnaire the male was either older by an average of three years of age the most was four. Only in one case was the female oldest but was not a major difference between them it was only a two year difference. “A study of 2,000 adults showed that just one per cent of women believed the ‘ideal relationship’ was with a younger man.” (Eccles). No matter who is older or youngest they have a tendency to choose their mate within the same generation. With the male being the dominant in age difference. Then we have peoples’ social connection in mate propinquity. There is a pattern when female or male choose their companion they be likely to be in the same income bracket. I believe it has a great relation on how they meet one another. The most common answer was that they met through a