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. 2009 Apr 24;20(2):130–150. doi: 10.1007/s12110-009-9060-x

Table 3.

Summary of support for predictions regarding sex differences

Prediction Support
1.1 Men more likely to have never married No
1.2 Men higher reproductive variance Only for fertility, and only in >45 years sample (see text)
2.1 Men have married more spouses over lifetime Yes
2.2 Men remarry more rapidly after divorce or widowing No as averaged across lifetime; yes in latest interval
3.1 Men marry women who are younger than themselves Yes
3.2 Men marry women who are younger than their predecessors No
4 Men gain more reproductive benefits from multiple marriages than do women No