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What college women want in a marriage partner.(Report)

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| June 01, 2009 | O'Reilly, Sarah; Knox, David; Zusman, Marty | COPYRIGHT 2009 Project Innovation (Alabama). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

One-hundred-and-ninety seven undergraduates at a large southeastern university completed a confidential anonymous 22-item questionnaire designed to assess the qualities college women want in their prospective marital partners. The data revealed that women (when compared to what men want in a partner) were significantly more likely to prefer men who were "considerate," "dependable," and "intelligent." Women are moving away from viewing potential partners exclusively in instrumental terms of ability to provide money for them, as well as subsequent children, and toward viewing men in terms of more "expressive" qualities such as consideration, dependability, and intelligence. ...

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