How Attractive Are You as a Romantic Partner?

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What makes someone attractive as a partner? Education, income, and looks all play a role. But as I show below, attitudes and beliefs toward family, career, and gender roles matter even more, however, with pronounced gender differences!

Using data from a factorial survey experiment of over 1,200 young adults in major Chinese cities, we built a model that predicts how attractive a profile is to the opposite sex on a 10-point scale. Enter your characteristics below to see your predicted score and how you compare to others.