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Unemployment And Living With Parents Are Not Dating Deterrents

Posted on May 13, 2009

Zoosk logo PR NEWSWIRE — May 12 — According to Zoosk's recent survey, 78% of American singles would go on a date with someone who is unemployed; 85% think that dating can be fun without spending money; 80% would go on a date with someone who lives with their parents. The Zoosk poll was conducted online in May 2009 and fielded 1,009 responses from singles in the United States who use Zoosk. 89% of Zoosk members are under age 40, and 65% are under age 30.

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4 thoughts on “Unemployment And Living With Parents Are Not Dating Deterrents”

  1. JB's avatar JB says:
    May 13, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    52% of women say they’d date an unemployed man ?? If anyone believes this they’re delusional. The key word in that sentence is “say”. In reality women lie about this all the time and when push comes to shove they won’t.

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  2. JB's avatar JB says:
    May 13, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    52% of women say they’d date an unemployed man ?? If anyone believes this they’re delusional. The key word in that sentence is “say”. In reality women lie about this all the time and when push comes to shove they won’t.

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  3. sameer's avatar sameer says:
    May 13, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Overwhelmingly, the poll found American singles do not view unemployment as a barrier to dating. 78% of singles said they would date someone who is currently unemployed. Men were more inclined to do so; 92% of men said they would date a woman who is unemployed. Slightly more than half (52%) of women said they would date a man who is currently unemployed.
    “Everyone has heard that the economy is drawing more people to online dating, but we wanted to hear how singles felt about going on a date with someone who has been personally affected by the economy,” said Alex Mehr, co-founder and co-CEO of Zoosk. “The results of this poll show that singles are not letting the economy get in the way of their dating lives.”
    The poll also asked participants if they would go on a date with a man or woman who admitted they were living with their parents. The response indicates this situation is not a “dating deal-breaker” for singles. 80% responded that they would go on a date with someone who lives with their parents.
    Finally, when asked if a date that “revolves around a free activity” was a turn-on or a turn-off, 85% of respondents responded that dating can be fun without spending money. Only 15% of respondents (11% of women and 17% of men) said that it does not feel like a “real date” to do something free.
    The Zoosk poll was conducted online in May 2009 and fielded 1,009 responses from singles in the United States who use Zoosk. 89% of Zoosk members are under age 40, and 65% are under age 30.
    The growth of social networks like Facebook as well as positive word-of-mouth about Zoosk is driving rapid growth of the company’s user-base. Zoosk has grown to more than 30 million users in May 2009 up from 16.5 million users in January 2009.
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    mike
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  4. sameer's avatar sameer says:
    May 13, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Overwhelmingly, the poll found American singles do not view unemployment as a barrier to dating. 78% of singles said they would date someone who is currently unemployed. Men were more inclined to do so; 92% of men said they would date a woman who is unemployed. Slightly more than half (52%) of women said they would date a man who is currently unemployed.
    “Everyone has heard that the economy is drawing more people to online dating, but we wanted to hear how singles felt about going on a date with someone who has been personally affected by the economy,” said Alex Mehr, co-founder and co-CEO of Zoosk. “The results of this poll show that singles are not letting the economy get in the way of their dating lives.”
    The poll also asked participants if they would go on a date with a man or woman who admitted they were living with their parents. The response indicates this situation is not a “dating deal-breaker” for singles. 80% responded that they would go on a date with someone who lives with their parents.
    Finally, when asked if a date that “revolves around a free activity” was a turn-on or a turn-off, 85% of respondents responded that dating can be fun without spending money. Only 15% of respondents (11% of women and 17% of men) said that it does not feel like a “real date” to do something free.
    The Zoosk poll was conducted online in May 2009 and fielded 1,009 responses from singles in the United States who use Zoosk. 89% of Zoosk members are under age 40, and 65% are under age 30.
    The growth of social networks like Facebook as well as positive word-of-mouth about Zoosk is driving rapid growth of the company’s user-base. Zoosk has grown to more than 30 million users in May 2009 up from 16.5 million users in January 2009.
    ========================================
    mike
    =================================
    lawyer directory

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