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(USGovernment-News.Com, June 23, 2013 ) Dallas, TX -- A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and funded by eHarmony, says marriages that result from couples meeting online are less likely to end in divorce and couples are more likely to report being highly satisfied in their relationship.
John Cacioppo, who was the lead author of the study and a professor at the University of Chicago, says that meeting online is good and just as realistic as people who meet in the workforce or at a public place such as church or in a bar, which is something that surprised him.
The research was carried out on 20,000 Americans who got married between 2005 and 2012 through the Harris Poll. The poll found that 35 percent of the couples had met online in some form. The poll also found that eight percent of those couples that had met offline were already divorced, compared to just six percent of those that had met online.
Income was a huge factor that affect divorce rates. Only three percent of couples who met online made less than $15,000, but 41 percent of people who met online made over $100,000 annually. This could be the cause of why marriages that begin from online relationships last longer. Financial security and more income are linked with happier marriage and less divorce.
The study authors stress that the poll is a preliminary study and by no means is a does online matchmaking have definitively better results. However, this is a good start to showing that meeting online doesn’t necessarily make dating matters worse, and may help those that are skeptical of online dating sites give them a try.
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