Sociocultural factors include demographic factors such as age at marriage, levels of education and income, gender differences, race / ethnicity, social class, and employment / occupation (Larson and Holman 1994; Holman 2001; Larson 2003).
People can be similar to a partner on a number of dimensions,
including attitudes and beliefs, personality, leisure interests, communication styles, and
sociocultural background
factors (Baxter & West, 2003).