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Raw poll questions
and results in PDF format |
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1. How hard is it to date in NY?
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Easy |
Difficult |
| Men |
52% |
40% |
| Women |
36% |
56% |
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The older you get, the harder it gets. 62% of older women answered
difficult.
Gays and lesbian singles find dating easier: 60% answered "easy"
compared to 42% of straight singles.
If you're a professional, gender makes an even bigger difference.
63% of professional men find it easy to date while only 34% of
the women do. This difference doesn't exist among non-professionals
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2. How many dates did you go on this year?
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Singles are going on fewer dates now than they
were in 1998.
While
the percentage of singles who didn't date at all has remained constant
since 1988, the percentage of singles who have gone on less than
10 dates has risen from 40 % to 55%.
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percentage of singles who have gone on more than 50 dates has fallen
from 19% to 6% since 1998.
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3. What's your romantic status?
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69%
: not in a serious, committed relationship
31%
: in a serious relationship for less than 2 years
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New Yorkers are less afraid of being single than shows like Sex
and the City would have us believe.
21% of uncommitted singles say they are "happily single and not
dating"; only 8% say they are panicking.
Older women are most likely to be happily single (19%), but they're
also most panicked (9%). |
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4. Do you date for fun or because you want a relationship?
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Fun |
Relationship |
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33% |
42% |
| Women |
29% |
51% |
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5. Where do you go to meet "your type"?
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| Going out with friends |
35%
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| Parties |
23%
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| Clubs |
22% |
| Bars |
22% |
| Work |
20% |
| Cultural Events |
15% |
| Professional Connections |
8% |
| Places of Worship |
8% |
| Lectures |
6% |
| Gym |
6% |
| Internet |
5% |
| Blind Dates |
4% |
| School |
4% |
| Jdate/Singles Dating Sites |
2% |
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The longer people live in the city, the more likely they are to
go to clubs to meet people: 27% of respondents who have lived
here ten years or longer say they look for partners at clubs,
versus 10% of those who've been here two years or less.
Gay and lesbian singles are more likely than straights to say
that they look for potential partners at "cultural events" (23%
gays to 14% straights), "lectures" (15% gays to 5% straights)
and "the gym" (11% gays to 5% straights).
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6. What are you looking for when you date?
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Fun |
Relationship |
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33% |
42% |
| Women |
29% |
51% |
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7. What's qualities are most important to you in a partner?
* Only those qualities identified as "very
significant" counted.
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% Men
1998
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% Men
New
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% Women
1998
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% Women
New
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| Personality |
89
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98
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93
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99
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| Values |
8
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87
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87
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96
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| Sense
of Humor |
81
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91
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88
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91
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| Education |
74
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75
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84
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88
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| Looks |
65
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74
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47
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59
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| Body |
65
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42
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47
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33
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| Job |
60
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44
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82
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76
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| Attire |
58
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72
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66
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58
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| Desire
for Family |
42
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49
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51
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66
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| Income |
41
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23
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58
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64
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| Apartment |
32
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30
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47
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49
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| Ethnicity |
31
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18
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38
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39
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| Religion |
27
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27
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36
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24
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8. New York singles have no problems dating someone
who makes more money than them.
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| Very Comfortable |
72% |
| Uncomfortable |
4% |
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9. What is more important to you: your job or a relationship?
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1998
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Current
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| Job |
41%
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50%
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| Relationship |
49%
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43%
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| WOMEN |
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| Job |
46%
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55%
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| Relationship |
43%
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58%
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· Regardless of gender, New York singles care more about their
jobs - and less about relationships - than they did in 1998.
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Who Counted?
Six hundred and nine New York City singles between the ages of 21 and 40 were surveyed January 8-12 by Global Strategy Group, Inc. Those identified as being in a relationship have been in one for less than two years. The margin of error is +/- 4 percent. The 1998 survey was also of New York singles between the ages of 21 and 40.
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