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→[Trends] Online dating is now the primary way people meet for relationships
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* For heterosexual couples in the U.S., meeting online has become the most popular way couples meet, eclipsing meeting through friends for the first time around 2013. | * ''For heterosexual couples in the U.S., meeting online has become the most popular way couples meet, eclipsing meeting through friends for the first time around 2013.'' | ||
* 39% of heterosexual couples that got together in the US in 2017 met online. | * ''39% of heterosexual couples that got together in the US in 2017 met online.'' | ||
* The share of couples meeting online has just about doubled since 2009. | * ''The share of couples meeting online has just about doubled since 2009.'' | ||
* Between 1995 to 2017, meeting through friends saw the largest decline, from 33% of couples at the start of the period to just 20% at the end. | * ''Between 1995 to 2017, meeting through friends saw the largest decline, from 33% of couples at the start of the period to just 20% at the end.'' | ||
* We find that Internet meeting is displacing the roles that family and friends once played in bringing couples together. | * ''We find that Internet meeting is displacing the roles that family and friends once played in bringing couples together.'' | ||
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