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. 2012 Nov 14;7(11):e49294. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049294

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).