Most Marriages Start Online
Jasbina Ahluwalia asks Dr. John Cacioppo: Your results revealed that a large proportion of marriages in this country now begin online. What did you find?
_____
Dr. John Cacioppo
Most Marriages Start Online: 35%
We were really surprised. About 35% of the marriages between 2005 and 2012 began online. That’s a dramatic increase in the number of such marriages.
One of the things that this implies is that online meetings are not as stigmatized as they were even a decade and a half ago.
Most Marriages Start Online: Older Age Group
Our research showed that the people who were more likely to meet online were those who are better educated, with higher income and between 30 and 39 years of age.
In short, it’s those who didn’t have a lot of spare time for leisure. They were using the internet as a means of communicating and meeting spouses or matches because they had so little time to go through the normal offline venues.
_____
Tell Us:
Most marriages start online. Have you and your significant other been introduced by online means? Share your stories with us in the comments section below.
_____
The above is an excerpt from Jasbina’s interview with Dr. John Cacioppo
The entire interview transcript is at: Dr. John Cacioppo Interview – Insights From A Social Psychologist on Growth of Online Dating
Listen to the entire interview on: Intersections Match Talk Radio – Jasbina’s Lifestyle Show
Listen to the entire interview on Blog Talk Radio: Insights From A Social Psychologist on Growth of Online Dating – John Cacioppo
Listen to the entire interview on iTunes
_____
