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Table 3 Gender Composition of Matched Potential Couples

From: Identifying couples in administrative dataIdentifizierung von Ehepaaren in Administrativen Daten

Matches

All matches

Age Difference <15

Age Difference ≥15

 

Absolute

Percent (%)

Absolute

Percent (%)

Absolute

Percent (%)

Male/female

4,084,516

81.72

3,281,657

94.65

802,859

52.44

Male/male

482,891

9.66

131,550

3.79

351,341

22.95

Female/female

430,679

8.62

53,763

1.55

376,916

24.62

Total

4,998,086

100.00

3,466,970

100.00

1,531,116

100.00

  1. Includes all individuals with geocoded location for whom we were able to match according to our name-matching algorithm, described in the text