Table 1. Frequencies for dichotomous mate preferences for morphological traits.
| Proportion preferring each trait | |||
| Women | Men | ||
| Height | Tall | 0.90 | 0.53 |
| Shorta | 0.10 | 0.47 | |
| Skin colour | Fair skina,b | 0.90 | 0.39 |
| Olive skin | 0.10 | 0.61 | |
| Hair colour | Blond haira | 0.21 | 0.39 |
| Brown hair | 0.79 | 0.61 | |
| Hair length | Shorta,b | 0.55 | 0.63 |
| Long | 0.45 | 0.37 | |
| Chest hair | Hairy chest | 0.40 | – |
| Smooth chesta | 0.60 | – | |
| Facial hair | Beard/moustachea | 0.13 | – |
| Clean-shaven | 0.87 | – | |
| Breast size | Large breasts | – | 0.57 |
| Small breasts | – | 0.43 | |
Superscript ‘a’ (‘b’) indicates older women (men) were significantly (i.e. p<.05) more likely to prefer this trait than younger women (men).