It is a well -known saying that money does not buy you happiness, but researchers now say that single adults with higher incomes find love rather.
The findings published in the Journal of Marriage and Familyrevealed that a higher bank balance could make you more attractive, which indicates a kind of romantic readyness.
Researchers also discovered that people with a higher income were more ready to date and were more often looking for a partner than with less.
The Canadian researchers carried out two long-term studies-the one in the US and the other in Germany to see how the attitude of people’s relationship changed over time with their income.
In the American study, researchers focused specifically on 25-35 year olds, with the conviction that this is when people most likely seek a relationship.
In both studyResults showed that single adults with a higher income were more likely to say they thought it was the right time to find a partner.
When it was investigated again, six months or a year later, those who enjoyed larger salaries had previously had the chance to have found love.
In the German cohort, the effect was stronger for men than women, although researchers said that the bias was not significant.
According to new research, single adults with a higher income have a better chance of wanting a relationship, feeling ready to date and start a relationship within the following year
However, the income was not associated with more satisfaction to be single, which suggests that single people with high incomes are more able to look at self -fulfillment
Professor Geoff Macdonald, an expert in the field of relationship psychology at the University of Toronto, said: ‘I think young people make rational calculations in unstable economic conditions.
“Young people understand that they will not be able to enjoy a relationship when they work 80 hours a week, whether they are not sure where they will live next year.”
Interesting is that earning more money or less money than the year before had little effect on whether people thought they were ready for a relationship.
What was most important was financial stability, instead of the financial inflow of short term or decrease.
Professor Johanna Peetz, co-author of the study and a personal expenditure expert, concluded that a reason for money and the desirability of the relationship that is so interconnected could be that money enables us to meet the basic needs.
“With increasing financial resources, higher hierarchical needs such as love and connectedness – namely the intimacy and romance that are part of partnerships – I become more relevant.”
She added: “This connection helps to understand the type of tasks that many single people are working on and organize their lives around, such as solidly determined material safety.”
The researchers concluded that their findings should serve as a reminder for psychologists that although things are important as a personality when it comes to forming and maintaining relationships, material circumstances also play an important role.
They added that their findings show that the role of income in relationship interests was largely comparable to men and women, which disputed the common perception that money primarily a concern in dating for men.
However, the researchers acknowledged that although the study provides evidence for a link between wealth and relationship intentions, it does not prove that money causes people to enter into relationships.
They said that a whole series of other factors, including personality, life goals and cultural values, also play a role in romantic willingness.
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