Equally comforting is research that says marriages where `'
respondents met their spouse online were rated as more satisfying....
A 2007 study eHarmony found that 19.4 % of
respondents met their spouse through the Internet, a 5.3 % increase from 2005.
5.99 % of
respondents met their spouses on eHarmony.
We also found some evidence that the marital consequences associated with the venue in which
respondents met their spouse differ across demographic characteristics.
We also found some evidence that the marital consequences associated with the venue in which
respondents met their spouse differ across demographic characteristics.
Analyses indicated that the off - line venues in which
respondents met their spouse also were associated with different levels of marital satisfaction [F (9, 12,252) = 5.65, P < 0.001], and these differences remained significant when adjusting for year of marriage, sex, age, educational background, household income, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and employment status as covariates [F (9, 11,466) = 3.87, P < 0.001].
Not exact matches
An impressive 39 % of
respondents replied that they
met their
spouse this way — just like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Of
respondents who married between 2005 and 2012, more than one in three
met their
spouse on - line.
Of the
respondents who
met their
spouse online, 4.64 %
met through instant messaging, 2.04 % through e-mail, 9.51 % in a chat room, 1.89 % through a discussion group / posting board, 20.87 % through social network, 2.13 % in a virtual world, 3.59 % on a multiplayer game site, 6.18 % in an online community, 1.59 % on a message / blog site, 45.01 % through an online dating site, and 2.51 %
met through «other» online venues.
Then for each marriage, beginning with the most recent,
respondents were asked whether or not they had
met that
spouse on - line (Yes, No).
Fig. 1D shows that the vast plurality of
respondents who
met their
spouse on - line did so through on - line dating sites, and Fig. 1E summarizes the percentage of
respondents who
met their
spouse through various on - line dating sites.
Around two - thirds of those who
met their
spouse or partner online said that they
met via an online dating site, although the results are based on a small number of
respondents (n = 63) and are not reported here in detail.
Among
respondents who remained married at the time of the survey, marital satisfaction was observed to vary across the on - line venues in which they
met their
spouse [F (10, 5,348) = 4.03, P < 0.001].
Demographic differences were identified between
respondents who
met their
spouse through on - line vs. traditional off - line venues, but the findings for marital break - up and marital satisfaction remained significant after statistically controlling for these differences.
Fig. 1C summarizes the percentage of
respondents who
met their
spouse through various off - line venues.
Fig. 1D shows that the vast plurality of
respondents who
met their
spouse on - line did so through on - line dating sites, and Fig. 1E summarizes the percentage of
respondents who
met their
spouse through various on - line dating sites.
Here we report the results of a nationally representative survey of 19,131
respondents who married between 2005 and 2012 (Methods) to determine: (i) the percent of contemporary marriages in America that began through an on - line
meeting; (ii) differences in the demographic characteristics of those who
met their
spouse on - line vs. off - line; (iii) the likelihood that a marital relationship that began on - line vs. off - line ended in a marital break - up (i.e., divorce or separation); (iv) the mean marital satisfaction of currently married
respondents who
met their
spouse on - line vs. off - line; and (v) the extent to which the specific on - line venue, or the specific off - line venue, in which couples
met is associated with marital satisfaction and marital break - ups.