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 |