Table 3.

Associations of partner’s age difference with romantic desire, full sample

Dependent measure	Partner age (slope below own age) β1			Partner older (threshold) β2			Partner age (change above own age) β3			Gender differences p
	All Ps	Men	Women	All Ps	Men	Women	All Ps	Men	Women	β1	β2	β3
Romantic attraction	−0.11***	−0.05***	−0.03	−0.03	−0.05	0.00	0.04*	0.05*	0.03	0.968	0.869	0.456
Overall rating	−0.08***	−0.04*	0.00	−0.03	−0.01	−0.01	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.862	0.265	0.940
Second date decision	−0.03***	−0.03***	−0.02*	0.01	−0.03	0.02	0.04***	0.04*	0.03	0.615	0.860	0.743
Romantic desire (3-DV average)	−0.09***	−0.05***	−0.02	−0.02	−0.04	0.00	0.05**	0.05*	0.04	0.982	0.692	0.577

Note: βs (Eq. 3) are standardized and can be interpreted like r (0.10 = small, 0.30 = medium, 0.50 = large; Cohen, 1992). Second date decision odds ratios were converted to r using the tool provided by Lenhard and Lenhard (2022). P values for the gender differences refer to the interaction terms between the parameter and gender when all gender interactions were added (along with the gender main effect) to Eq. 3. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.