[ignostic]

I wonder what this would look like adjusted for income. The same author wrote about how much income matters in online dating, especially when over 23 and making less than 100k.[1]. Other studies have shown that income is unequal by race, especially for high-paying jobs. (Unfortunately I'm struggling to find a source showing distribution rather than average, which is also lower[2].)

It'd also be interesting to see adjustments for height. I'd also think (see [1]) that that's where Asian men get lower response rates.

[1] http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online... [2] http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0882775.html

[kqr2]

From http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/single-female...

  For equal success with an African-American woman, a 
  Hispanic man needs to earn an extra $184,000; a white man 
  needs to earn an additional $220,000.

  For equal success with a white woman, an African-American 
  needs to earn an additional $154,000; a Hispanic man 
  needs $77,000; an Asian needs $247,000.

  For equal success with a Hispanic woman, an African-
  American man needs to earn an additional $30,000; a white 
  man needs to earn an additional $59,000.

  For equal success with an Asian woman, an African-
  American needs no additional income; a white man needs 
  $24,000 less than average; a Hispanic man needs $28,000 
  more than average.

[bambax]

Wonder about this too.

"Race" is a proxy for social class.

I think (but don't know) that people would have less problems dating other people from another race who are of the same social class as themselves or above, than they would date people of the same race but from a lower social class.

[Byzantine]

>"Race" is a proxy for social class.

You mean, "social class" is a politically correct term used to explain the general differences between races.

Asian men tend to do very well in school and careers and typically have a higher than average income, yet they are considered less attractive than Latinos, who generally perform much lower in school, career, and have a lower income than Asian people.

[mkr-hn]

I've never asked someone I liked what their family income is. Does anyone actually care what a prospective partner's net worth/income is? That seems bizarre.

[colmvp]

Unfortunately, not exactly what you're looking for, but here is the median combined income for various couples (both interracial and same):

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2012/02/sdt-2012-rise-o...

[chimeracoder]

> I wonder what this would look like adjusted for income. The same author wrote about how much income matters in online dating, especially when over 23 and making less than 100k[1]

It didn't make it into that post, but I can tell you that, when we ran the numbers[0], the relationship between the races did in fact remain even when adjusted for income.

As suggested by one of the other comments in this thread, income does mitigate the effect somewhat (a black man who earns $100K+ was more appealing on average than a black man who earned <$20K), but the intercepts were still different (the effects of race were non-zero), even though the slopes were positive (income could counteract this).

There were a few surprising quirks that did come out when we teased income out, but I'd have to go back and check. Sorry I can't be more specific - this was over four years ago, and I don't have the data in front of me anymore!

[0] (I did the income analysis for that post you linked)