People do not primarily choose partners based on their actual education levels. Instead, they tend to match with people who come from similar family backgrounds and environments that are conducive to achieving higher education. This kind of partner selection is referred to as “social homogamy.” 👫📚✨
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Major study reshapes our understanding of assortative mating and its generational impact
A large-scale study has found that people tend to pair based on shared social environments, not simply educational attainment. Published in Nature Communications, the research challenges key assumptions about assortative mating and how advantage is passed…