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Table 1 Summary of Own Attributes between males and females within the online and offline sample

From: The mediation of matchmaking: a comparative study of gender and generational preference in online dating websites and offline blind date markets in Chengdu

 

Online sample

p value

Offline sample (Parents)

p value

Male (n = 250)

Female (n = 250)

Male (n = 31)

Female (n = 127)

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

33.8 (7.44)

39.7 (7.80)

< 0.001

35.9 (6.89)

31.8 (4.79)

0.004

Median [Min, Max]

33.0 [19.0, 50.0]

41.0 [19.0, 50.0]

35.0 [27.0, 49.0]

31.0 [22.0, 49.0]

Unspecified

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (3.2%)

0 (0%)

Height (cm)

Mean (SD)

174 (5.32)

161 (4.26)

< 0.001

172 (5.31)

162 (3.94)

< 0.001

Median [Min, Max]

175 [157, 206]

160 [150, 173]

171 [163, 184]

162 [150, 173]

Unspecified

12 (4.8%)

2 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

2 (1.6%)

Educ

BA own

150 (60.0%)

166 (66.4%)

 < 0.001

18 (58.1%)

83 (65.4%)

0.062

MA own

19 (7.6%)

27 (10.8%)

3 (9.7%)

24 (18.9%)

PhD own

8 (3.2%)

3 (1.2%)

1 (3.2%)

4 (3.1%)

School own

39 (15.6%)

17 (6.8%)

4 (12.9%)

4 (3.1%)

Vocational own

24 (9.6%)

37 (14.8%)

1 (3.2%)

0 (0%)

Unspecified own

10 (4.0%)

0 (0%)

4 (12.9%)

12 (9.4%)

Status

Single

165 (66.0%)

105 (42.0%)

< 0.001

23 (74.2%)

100 (78.7%)

0.15

Separated/divorced

69 (27.6%)

133 (53.2%)

5 (16.1%)

7 (5.5%)

Widowed

3 (1.2%)

10 (4.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.8%)

Other

13 (5.2%)

1 (0.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Unspecified

0 (0%)

1 (0.4%)

3 (9.7%)

19 (15.0%)