Table 2

Summary Statistics of Subjects’ Attributes

 WomenMen
 Speed datingBHPSSpeed datingBHPS
Age (years)34.5 (7.5)
0.217
[1,776]		32.7 (9.4)
0.287
[1,351]		35.8 (6.9)
0.193
[1,828]		30.5 (9.1)
0.298
[1,200]
University degree or greater qualification0.66
0.322
[974]		0.20
0.797
[1,248]		0.65
0.339
[1,071]		0.20
0.803
[1,053]
Occupation
    Professional and managerial0.36
0.611		0.33
0.672		0.43
0.521		0.24
0.755
    Skilled nonmanual0.50
0.486		0.19
0.802		0.40
0.583		0.16
0.827
    Other occupationsa0.14
0.877
[1,008]		0.48
0.520
[862]		0.17
0.827
[1,110]		0.60
0.403
[905]
Height (cm)165.4 (6.7)
0.041
[1,008]		163.8 (6.4)
0.039
[1,270]		179.1 (6.9)
0.039
[1,139]		178.4 (7.4)
0.041
[1,095]
Weight (kg)57.8 (5.9)
0.102
[334]		66.4 (14.0)
0.211
[1,192]		77.6 (10.0)
0.129
[774]		79.9 (15.5)
0.194
[1,067]
    Share underweightb0.050.040.000.02
    Share overweightc0.050.380.290.45
Smoking0.13
0.824
[844]		0.38
0.619
[1,278]		0.09
0.886
[1,045]		0.36
0.636
[1,101]

  • Note: In each cell, we report the mean, the standard deviation in parentheses, the coefficient of variation (which, in the case of the speed-dating sample is a weighted average by market, with weights given by the number of participants over the total population of speed daters) in italics, and the number of subjects in square brackets. Standard deviations are not reported for dummy variables.

  • ↵a Includes workers in manual occupations, self-employed, full-time students, and individuals in other jobs.

  • ↵b If BMI<18.5.

  • ↵a If BMI>25.