Where U.S. Adults Met Their Spouses or Partners in 1995 and 2010, Image Long Description

The columns of the table below represent places or occasions and the rows represent time periods.

Where U.S. Adults Met Their Spouses or Partners in 1995 and 2010
Time period Friends Bar or club Online Work College Family Neighbors School Church
1995 Heterosexual couples 37% 19% 2% 19% 10% 14% 10% 9% 7%
Same-sex couples 30% 21% 5% 14% 8% 3% 7% 2% 2%
2010 Heterosexual couples 29% 24% 21% 10% 9% 6% 4% 3% 2%
Same-sex couples 11% 20% 68% 7% 1% 0% 1% 0% 1%