ABSTRACT. I draw on a substantial body of theoretical and empirical research on Internet dating sites and apps, and to explore this, I inspected, used, and replicated survey data from Pew Research Center and Statista, performing analyses and making estimates regarding social matching systems, intimate personal data, and romantic compatibility. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data and test the proposed conceptual model.
Keywords: dating; app; romantic; intimate; social; matching
How to cite: Howard, F. (2020). “Social Matching Systems, Intimate Personal Data, and Romantic Compatibility on Internet Dating Sites and Apps,” Journal of Research in Gender Studies 10(1): 80–86. doi:10.22381/JRGS10120208
Received 12 March 2020 • Received in revised form 15 July 2020
Accepted 17 July 2020 • Available online 20 July 2020