Ipsos Reid, one of Canada's premier research companies says that seven out of ten Canadians are in love. Are you in there?
We have always known that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. And all surveys and polls have consistently borne this out. Now, Cupid has Canada in its sights. The latest online survey by Ipsos Reid on our most basic instinct has found that men and women in Canada are in love but they have a different perspective on it.
1033 Canadian adults gave their views on love and romance. 78 per cent of women said they were in love, while 64 per cent of men said they were in love.
Sean Simpson, research manager at Ipsos Reid
said,
" It seems that men and women are not quite on the same page. There may be some lack of communication going on, or that perhaps men are slower to come around and realize their feelings."
Didn't we know this all along? Like all good polls, the Ipsos Reid one also gave a demographic breakdown to the whole thing. A 'love map' so to speak.
The East Coast of Canada is the place to be if you are in love with more people professing about love there; 89 per cent of those from Atlantic Canada said they were in love, while only 67 per cent of those in the Pacific Coast province of British Columbia said the same on love.
According to the company, the poll is a fairly good indicator on the state of love in the states of Canada, as online polls according to them are more honest and accurate on sensitive themes.
Here's a bit of a dampener for the fairer sex: Of the respondents in the age group of 35 to 54, 67 per cent of men said their partner was "a good lover" while 80 per cent of women reported their partners as being good lovers. (Someone might say here that women were being more 'honest' than males.)
But thankfully, only 1 in 10 of the respondents said that their partner wasn't good at all.
More younger Canadians have found love online than the older age groups. One in four Canadians in the age group of 18 - 34 have been successful in finding a partner online. But that could be due to the fact that the average web user is averagely younger. Also, the younger population uses social networking sites more than any other age group.
And if you are preparing to woo the special one here's another bit of data from the poll - Classical music (27 per cent) was determined to be the most romantic genre of music compared to pop, jazz and blues/funk.
So, if you are still not struck by Cupid arm yourself with these latest findings and head out with renewed hope.
