Medicine Science (Sep 2017)

The impact of gender on spouse preference in university students

  • Sermin Timur Tashan,
  • Zekeriya Caliskan,
  • Gulcin Nacar,
  • Ilksen Orhan Ergin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5455/medscience.2017.06.8590
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 436 – 41

Abstract

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This 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 [Med-Science 2017; 6(3.000): 436-41]

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