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Women have more empathy and higher altruistic values; men have more altruistic love (i.e. – sacrifice/selflessness)

Topic: Dimorphism

Source

Citation: Altruism and Empathy in America: Trends and Correlates, pp. 13-14

Author(s): Smith

Institution(s): University of Chicago

Link: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060209.altruism.pdf

Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2006

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

p. 4 – Empathy and altruistic values are strongly correlated, but only moderately correlated to altruistic behaviors | pp. 13-14 – there are no correlations between altruistic behavior and gender | p. 7 – “Among men altruistic love did not vary by labor-force status, but among women those in the labor force had lower scores than homemakers or the retired.” | pp. 9, 12 – “Altruistic love was associated with greater happiness in general and especially with more marital happiness.”