Age preferences for mates as related to gender, own age, and involvement level

By B. Buunk, P. Dijkstra, D. Kenrick, Astrid Warntjes. 2001

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Age and gender differences in mate selection criteria for various involvement levels (2002, unknown): “It was found in the present sample that females in all age groups have a preference for males who are around their own age up to about 10 years older than themselves ( Buunk, Dijkstra, Kenrick & Warntjes, 2001 ).”
Sex, status, and reproductive success in the contemporary United States (2006, background): “Furthermore, there appear to be evolved sex differences in mate preferences (Buss, 1989; Buss & Barnes, 1986; Buss & Schmitt, 1993; Buunk, Dijkstra, Kenrick, & Warntjes, 2001; Gangestad & Simpson, 2000; Oppenheimer, 2000), including a general female preference for equal or higher-status males as mat”
HurryDate: Mate preferences in action (2005, result): “In terms of age, men and women both had preferences that lean to the younger end, but because the men in our sample were, on average, roughly two and a half years older than the women were, this is not inconsistent with previous findings: Men prefer women who are younger, and women prefer men who ar”