Who Contacts Whom? Educational Homophily in Online Mate Selection
Who Contacts Whom? Educational Homophily in Online Mate Selection
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DOI：
10.1093/esr/jcp068
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发表时间：
2011-04
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
J. Skopek;Florian Schulz;H. Blossfeld
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作者：
J. Skopek;Florian Schulz;H. Blossfeld
来自在线约会平台的数据被用来研究教育对发起和回复在线联系人的重要性。我们分析了教育同质性和机会结构是如何影响这些模式的。社会交换理论和择偶理论被用来解释在线择偶行为。我们的结果表明，教育同质性是在线择偶的主导机制。教育上的相似性大大提高了发送和回复初始联系的速度。在控制了平台上的机会结构后，对受过类似教育的其他人的偏好是最重要的因素，尤其是在女性中。我们的结果也支持交换理论的观点，即同质性随着教育水平的提高而增加。如果发现不同的接触模式，女性非常不愿意与学历较低的伴侣联系。相比之下，男性在联系资历较低的女性方面没有任何问题。对教育同性婚姻的研究通常表明，女性受教育程度较高的夫妇很少。我们的研究表明，这主要是因为女性不愿与资历较低的男性接触。
Data from an online dating platform are used to study the importance of education for initiating and replying to online contacts. We analyse how these patterns are influenced by educational homophily and opportunity structures. Social exchange theory and mate search theory are used to explain online mate selection behaviour. Our results show that educational homophily is the dominant mechanism in online mate choice. Similarity in education significantly increases the rate of both sending and replying to initial contacts. After controlling for the opportunity structure on the platform, the preference for similar educated others is the most important factor, particularly among women. Our results also support the exchange theoretical idea that homophily increases with educational level. If dissimilarity contacting patterns are found, women are highly reluctant to contact partners with lower educational qualifications. Men, in contrast, do not have any problems to contact lower-qualified women. Studies of educational homogamy generally show that couples where women have a higher level of education are rare. Our study demonstrates that this is mainly the result of women's reluctance to contact lower qualified men.