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Yahoo Personals Dating Preferences Study sought to examine the dating preferences of online daters in four major metropolitan areas: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. Internet daters' profiles of self-identified Asian, Black, Latino, and White men and women seeking opposite-sex dates were collected and coded from Yahoo Personals, which was the most popular national online dating web site in 2004 and 2005. | Yahoo Personals Dating Preferences Study sought to examine the dating preferences of online daters in four major metropolitan areas: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlanta. Internet daters' profiles of self-identified Asian, Black, Latino, and White men and women seeking opposite-sex dates were collected and coded from Yahoo Personals, which was the most popular national online dating web site in 2004 and 2005. | ||
Overall, women were considerably more likely than men to state they had a "racial preference". 74.2% of women voiced a "racial preference". Of the women how had a preference 95.3% excluded Indian men, and 94% excluded middle eastern men. As with most studies, white men were the most popular overall, followed by Hispanic, then black, then Asian, then middle eastern, and then lastly Indian men. | Overall, women were considerably more likely than men to state they had a "racial preference". 74.2% of the 2735 women voiced a "racial preference". By contrast 58.1% of the 2872 men voiced a racial preference. Of the women how had a preference 95.3% excluded Indian men, and 94% excluded middle eastern men. As with most studies, white men were the most popular overall, followed by Hispanic, then black, then Asian, then middle eastern, and then lastly Indian men. | ||