TABLE 4.
The occurrence of factors and domains in the sample.
| Factors | Total | Women | Men |
| I am not good at flirting | 89% | 91.5% | 86.8% |
| I want to be free to do whatever I want | 87.3% | 89.3% | 85.6% |
| I fear I will get hurt | 80.2% | 83.1% | 77.7% |
| I have different priorities | 79.5% | 81.4% | 77.7% |
| I am too picky | 75.2% | 82.1% | 68.9% |
| I am not a desirable mate | 64.8% | 61.2% | 68% |
| I am not the family type | 61.4% | 62.2% | 60.7% |
| Commitment scares me | 55.1% | 55% | 55.1% |
| I have a health/disability problem | 43.5% | 45.6% | 41.6% |
| I want to spend more time with my friends | 34.7% | 36.5% | 33.1% |
| I want to be free to flirt around | 23.5% | 18.9% | 27.6% |
| I experience sexual difficulties | 18.4% | 17.9% | 18.8% |
| I have not gotten over my previous relationship | 18.1% | 22.1% | 14.4% |
| I want to devote my attention to my children | 9.3% | 15% | 4.1% |
| Sexual orientation | 7.9% | 8.8% | 7% |
| I move often | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.3% |
| I cannot have children | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.3% |
| Addictions | 3.2% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Domains | |||
| Low capacity for courtship | 94.6% | 94.5% | 94.7% |
| Freedom | 92.7% | 92.8% | 92.7% |
| Constraints from previous relationships | 92.1% | 93.5% | 90.9% |
| Personal constraints | 16% | 16.3% | 15.8% |
For factors, the percentages refer to the number of participants who indicated a score of “4” or “5” in any of the reasons composing each factor. For domains, the percentages refer to the number of participants who indicated a score of “4” or “5” in any of the reasons composing each factor which loaded to each domain.