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16/03/2012
Additionally, the studies show that one in five new committed relationships, including marriages, are between people who met on an online dating site.
The research from match.com reveals the number one way people meet their spouse is through work or school, followed by friend or family member. People who meet their spouse through an online dating site is now number three, surpassing bars, clubs, and other social events.
The following details the way people have met their spouse over the last three years:
1) Through work/school 36%
2) Through friend/family member 26%
3) Via Online Dating site 17%
4) Through bars/clubs/social events 11%
5) Other 7%
6) Through church/places of worship 4%
"The world has changed," said Greg Blatt, CEO of Match.com. "We get married older, we work longer hours, we move around more, we're generally busier. These changes have put pressure on the way we traditionally have met our significant others. Luckily, with these changes has come an increasing openness to doing new things. Online dating has grown so much in part as a response to these societal changes, having become the third most important way we meet our significant others, even though it didn't even exist 15 years ago."
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One In Six New Marriages Are Between People Who Met Online
Recent studies of more than 11,000 people revealed that one in six marriages are now between people who met through an online dating site – more than twice the number of people meeting at bars, at clubs and other social events combined.Additionally, the studies show that one in five new committed relationships, including marriages, are between people who met on an online dating site.
The research from match.com reveals the number one way people meet their spouse is through work or school, followed by friend or family member. People who meet their spouse through an online dating site is now number three, surpassing bars, clubs, and other social events.
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The following details the way people have met their spouse over the last three years:
1) Through work/school 36%
2) Through friend/family member 26%
3) Via Online Dating site 17%
4) Through bars/clubs/social events 11%
5) Other 7%
6) Through church/places of worship 4%
"The world has changed," said Greg Blatt, CEO of Match.com. "We get married older, we work longer hours, we move around more, we're generally busier. These changes have put pressure on the way we traditionally have met our significant others. Luckily, with these changes has come an increasing openness to doing new things. Online dating has grown so much in part as a response to these societal changes, having become the third most important way we meet our significant others, even though it didn't even exist 15 years ago."
(GK)
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