TABLE 2.

Sex and age effects for the 18 extracted factors.

		Overall	Women	Men			Age*
Factors	Rank	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p-value	${\mathrm{\eta }}_{\text{p}}^2$	p-value	${\mathrm{\eta }}_{\text{p}}^2$
I am too picky	1	3.17 (1.05)	3.38 (1.05)	2.99 (1.01)	<0.001	0.034	0.665	0.002
I want to be free to do whatever I want	2	2.85 (1.02)	2.86 (1.04)	2.84 (0.99)	<0.001	0.086	< 0.001(+)	0.125
I am not good at flirting	3	2.83 (1.05)	2.76 (1.01)	2.91 (1.08)	<0.001	0.077	< 0.001(−)	0.145
I am not the family type	4	2.57 (1.09)	2.50 (1.06)	2.64 (1.11)	<0.001	0.046	0.023	0.018
I am not a desirable mate	5	2.50 (1.07)	2.42 (1.11)	2.58 (1.03)	<0.001	0.134	< 0.001(−)	0.074
I have different priorities	6	2.42 (0.77)	2.41 (0.76)	2.43 (0.79)	0.273	0.012	< 0.001(−)**	0.233
I fear I will get hurt	7	2.41 (0.92)	2.52 (0.95)	2.32 (0.88)	<0.001	0.092	< 0.001***	0.086
Commitment scares me	8	2.21 (0.93)	2.19 (0.96)	2.26 (0.90)	<0.001	0.062	< 0.001(−)	0.105
I want to spend more time with my friends	9	1.96 (0.79)	1.92 (0.75)	1.99 (0.83)	0.003	0.021	0.002(−)	0.023
I have a health/disability problem	10	1.90 (0.90)	1.88 (0.91)	1.91 (0.90)	0.683	0.004	< 0.001(−)	0.076
I experience sexual difficulties	11	1.83 (1.02)	1.77 (0.98)	1.87 (1.05)	0.089	0.008	0.002(−)	0.019
I want to be free to flirt around	12	1.74 (0.82)	1.56 (0.69)	1.90 (0.88)	<0.001	0.051	0.096	0.014
I have not gotten over my previous relationship	13	1.51 (0.77)	1.56 (0.81)	1.47 (0.72)	0.075	0.011	0.046	0.012
I move often	14	1.42 (0.89)	1.36 (0.83)	1.47 (0.93)	0.266	0.002	0.055	0.006
I want to devote my attention to my children	15	1.38 (0.84)	1.52 (1.03)	1.26 (0.61)	0.002	0.019	0.241	0.004
Sexual orientation	16	1.28 (0.55)	1.30 (0.58)	1.27 (0.53)	0.016	0.016	0.006	0.019
Addictions	17	1.28 (0.74)	1.15 (0.56)	1.39 (0.82)	<0.001	0.020	0.078	0.005
I cannot have children	18	1.21 (0.59)	1.20 (0.60)	1.22 (0.60)	0.574	0.000	0.425	0.001

*The sign of the coefficient of age was placed in parenthesis.**The sign was positive for the “I believe that I am too old to start a relationship” reason.***Age was significant with a negative coefficient for the “I am single because I am afraid that my partner will stop loving me” and significant with a positive coefficient for the “I am single because of bad experiences from previous relationships.”