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Meeting Online or Offline? Patterns and Trends for Co-Resident Couples in Early 21st-Century Britain

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Data from the 2010–2012 National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL-3) are used to document trends and patterns in where co-resident couples in Britain first met, focusing specifically on the rapid rise of meeting online, which both echoes and differs from a corresponding US increase; in Britain, meeting online largely appears to have substituted for meetings in settings to which access is relatively unrestricted, for example, pubs and public places. While meeting online appears widespread across British society, variations are identified and linked to ideas from the online dating and place of meeting literatures. Offline partner availability and how well the processes within offline and online settings suit particular types of people are interpreted as underpinning many of these variations. Perhaps surprisingly, meeting online does not appear class-related, and involves levels of socio-demographic homogamy that do not differ systematically from those for compositionally heterogeneous offline settings.

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  • Richard Lampard, 2020. "Meeting Online or Offline? Patterns and Trends for Co-Resident Couples in Early 21st-Century Britain," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 25(4), pages 589-608, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:25:y:2020:i:4:p:589-608
    DOI: 10.1177/1360780419895524
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