The impact of gender on spouse preference in university students

dc.contributor.authorTaşhan, Sermin Timur
dc.contributor.authorÇalışkan, Zekeriya
dc.contributor.authorNacar, Gülçin
dc.contributor.authorErgin, Ilksen Orhan
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T19:53:22Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T19:53:22Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to determine the impact gender has on the spouse preferences of university students. Designed as descriptive and cross-sectional, the study involved a population of 2383 senior-level students at a state university. As the study was planned to include all students from the said year-level at the university, no sample group was selected for the study. The study ended up being completed with a total of 1491 students. Data were evaluated using the chi square test and the independent samples t-test. Results from the study found that in terms of spouse selection criteria, a good personality (94.9%) and a high educational level (56.6%) were more important to female students than they were to male students (p<0.05). On the other hand, having a high income (20%) and a good job (22.8%) were shown to be less important to male students than they were to female students (p<0.05). Sharing a similar religious identity with their spouses was more significant for male students than it was for female students (p<0.05). Of the female students, 71.6% reported that they wanted to have a flirting period with their spouses before marriage, while of the male students, only 61.2% wanted the same (p<0.001). Overall, female students considered income level and personality to be important criteria for spouse selection, while their male counterparts considered sharing a similar religious identity with their spouse to be more important. The differences in spouse selection criteria between female and male students were determined to be a consequence of the students’ understanding of gender normsen_US
dc.identifier.endpage441en_US
dc.identifier.issn2147-0634
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage436en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid264248en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/264248
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/89730
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMedicine Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleThe impact of gender on spouse preference in university studentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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