¿Importa el atractivo físico en el mercado matrimonial?

  1. Juan-Ignacio Martínez Pastor 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

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REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

ISSN: 0210-5233

Année de publication: 2017

Número: 159

Pages: 91-112

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5477/CIS/REIS.159.91 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

D'autres publications dans: REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

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The aim of the paper is to discover how important physical attractiveness is in finding a partner and in the type of partnership sought. Two surveys (2975 and 3004 by the CIS) and several methods were employed: linear probability models and fixed-effect multi-level models. For men, the results show that being unattractive decreases the likelihood of finding a partner, of finding a partner with a university degree, and of finding a partner with a higher educational level. For women, physical attractiveness does not affect the likelihood of any of those events occurring. The study has also found out that physical attractiveness has more of an influence on people with a working class background to find a partner with higher educational attainment. These results are unexpected and pose a challenge to the theory of erotic capital.

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Este artículo se enmarca dentro del proyecto de investigación (CSO2014-59927-R), financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.

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