(ANSA) - ROME, 02 JAN - New year in search of a partner, with the pandemic still in progress that limits the encounters from the alive?
Dating apps can help.
According to a new research by the University of Geneva, Switzerland, they do not destroy love, indeed they can be useful to find Mr (or Mrs) Big, to quote the well-known series 'Sex And The City'.
The audio, published in Plos One, showed that people who met their partners on online apps often have stronger long-term relationship goals, such as moving in together or having a child, and that these new ways of meeting people encourage mingling. -educational and geographical.
To reach this conclusion, data was analyzed from a sample of 3,235 people over the age of 18 who were in a relationship and who had met their partner over the past decade.
The research found that couples who formed after meeting on an app were more motivated by the idea of living together than others.
Furthermore, the women mentioned the desire and planning to have a child in the future, more than those in relationships born in other ways.
"The study does not say whether the final intention of the partners is to live together for a long or short term - continues Potarca - but given that there is no difference in the intention to marry and that marriage is still a central institution in Switzerland, some of These couples probably see cohabitation as a trial period before marriage. It's a pragmatic approach in a country where the divorce rate is consistently around 40%. "
The study also highlights another aspect: dating apps encourage a mix of different levels of education, particularly between women with a high level of education and men with a lower level of education, partly because, as scholars point out, the methods of selection are mainly on the visual aspect.
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