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Are there any studies or research on whether or not there is a correlation between income and relationship status?

Following from question If it is a myth that men are intimidated by successful and confident women, then why are so many successful, confident, and attractive women single?

Research a correlation between success and status would also be useful, I wrote income as generally that is one of the easiest objective measures of success that is generally recognised.
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tynamite
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Yes. Married couples have more money than single people on average, according to various research, including government statistics.
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tynamite
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Tatiana

Do you have any detailed figures on the breakdown. i.e. how many single women are there if their income is £20K, compared £20-30K, £30-40K and over £40K. Also how does it compare to the amount of men.

This is relevant to the other question. Is a woman more likely to be single if she is earning a lot of money or little money or is there no difference. Again how does it compare to men?

I was also wondering not just marital status but whether or not these people are in any kind of a relationship with another person.
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Me

How many single women have an income below £20K, and how does it compare to men?
I cannot find this information, but I can find that in households, men are typically richer than women. The differences in income by gender should be greater for single women.
proportion of households heads by age and sex 2006/08

If you combine that information that men are typically richer than women, and that married people are richer in all instances, there is your answer for what you're looking for. Women who are richer, are more likely to attract men. Men are not intimidated by successful and confident women, and you could argue that the men have snapped them up, that's why the women in the previous graph are so poor.

median disposable individual income by age band, gender and family type

Are women who are richer, more likely to be single?
proportion of individuals living in lone parent households with non-dependant children only, by age and sex

No.

So this means I was right all along.
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