Table 6

Opportunities and Preferences in the Speed-Dating Market–Relative Abundance of Attributes

 Age (mean)
(1)		University degree or greater qualification
(2)		Professional and managerial occupations
(3)		Height (mean)
(4)		Overweight
(5)		Smoking
(6)
A. Partner’s attributes
Female subject
    α0−8.75**
(1.87)		−0.06
(0.06)		−0.02
(0.06)		−8.32
(17.63)		−0.05
(0.04)		−0.02*
(0.01)
    α11.18**
(0.05)		1.11**
(0.09)		1.03**
(0.13)		1.05**
(0.10)		1.19**
(0.13)		1.30**
(0.10)
    F test (α1 = 1)0.001†0.2680.8060.6360.1220.005†
    F test (α0 = 0, α1 = 1)0.0000.3990.8960.1300.2970.018
    R20.8640.6330.4330.5850.5380.657
    Observations848181828184
Male subject
    α0−7.34**
(1.56)		0.10*
(0.04)		0.03
(0.02)		7.18
(10.47)		0.00
(0.02)		−0.01
(0.01)
    α11.13**
(0.04)		0.90**
(0.06)		0.94**
(0.07)		0.96**
(0.06)		0.86**
(0.04)		1.09**
(0.07)
    F test (α1 = 1)0.005†0.0850.3880.5090.1400.202
    F test (α0 = 0, α1 = 1)0.000†0.0000.4650.2290.1940.263
    R20.8860.7620.7170.7370.7870.729
    Observations848478848084
B. Subject’s attributes
Female subject
    η10.88**
(0.07)		0.10
(0.14)		−0.09
(0.10)		0.11
(0.12)		0.09
(0.05)		0.10*
(0.05)
    R20.6470.0120.0090.0100.0420.042
    Observations848382827982
Male subject
    η11.13**
(0.08)		0.001
(0.12)		0.02
(0.11)		0.10
(0.15)		−0.002
(0.008)		0.04
(0.08)
    R20.7040.0010.0030.0050.0010.003
    Observations848382827982

  • Note: Ordinary least squares estimates; standard errors in parentheses. Figures in panel A are obtained from the estimation of Equation 3; those in panel B are from Equation 5 which includes a constant (see text). Observations are at the meeting level. In the rows labelled “F test,” we report the p-value of the test that α1=1 or of the test that α0=0 and α1=1.

  • ↵* significant at 5 percent;

  • ↵** significant at 1 percent.

  • ↵† indicates that equality is rejected (at 5 percent).