What I find most interesting is the statics about what people lie about the most. Weight comes in first place with 60.5% of males lying about their height along with a close 59% of females. Next with 55.3% of males and 41.5% fibbing a how tall they are. What really surprises me is the gab in age of men lying, 24.3% and women, 13.2, lying about their ages [1]. It's a common belief that women do fudge a bit on their age, in the online dating world this seems to be the opposite.
Kind of makes you wonder what people are really hiding, doesn't it?
References:
[1] Hancok, J. (Director) (). The Truth about Lying in Online Dating Profiles . CHI 2007 Proceedings
. Lecture conducted from CHI 2007 Proceedings, San Jose, CA.
Other references in graph:
. (2011, August 26). Unmarried and Single Americans Week Sept. 18-24, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb11-ff19.html
Broussard, M. (n.d.). Dating Stats You Should Know: Numbers about love that make all the difference. Match.com. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://www.match.com/magazine/article/4671/
Rudder, C. (2008, February 8). The Big Lies People Tell In Online Dating. The Big Lies People Tell In Online Dating. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online-dating/
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