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Research on Decision Making Regarding in Dating Events for Unmarried Female Junior High School Teachers


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1 Department of Tourism and M.I.C.E., Chung Hua University, Taiwan, Province of China
2 GuangWu Junior High School, Taiwan, Province of China
 

This study intends to investigate the mate selection criteria and weights of unmarried female junior high school teachers in Taiwan. This study used the Delphi method to clarify mate selection criteria. The primary assessment criteria included 4 items: social condition, personal condition, emotional condition, and family background. The secondary assessment criteria included 24 items. This study used AHP to determine that, among the primary assessment criteria, the order of importance is, as follows: emotional condition, personal condition, social condition, and family background. Among the secondary assessment criteria, the order of importance of the top 10 is, as follows: carefulness and meticulousness, tenderness and thoughtfulness, sense of safety, parents are alive and healthy, health status, conviction record, birth order, monthly income, sense of humor, and value.

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Delphi Method, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Mate Selection.
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Authors

Han-Chen Huang
Department of Tourism and M.I.C.E., Chung Hua University, Taiwan, Province of China
Cheng-I Hou
Department of Tourism and M.I.C.E., Chung Hua University, Taiwan, Province of China
Yu-Hsuan Tseng
GuangWu Junior High School, Taiwan, Province of China

Abstract


This study intends to investigate the mate selection criteria and weights of unmarried female junior high school teachers in Taiwan. This study used the Delphi method to clarify mate selection criteria. The primary assessment criteria included 4 items: social condition, personal condition, emotional condition, and family background. The secondary assessment criteria included 24 items. This study used AHP to determine that, among the primary assessment criteria, the order of importance is, as follows: emotional condition, personal condition, social condition, and family background. Among the secondary assessment criteria, the order of importance of the top 10 is, as follows: carefulness and meticulousness, tenderness and thoughtfulness, sense of safety, parents are alive and healthy, health status, conviction record, birth order, monthly income, sense of humor, and value.

Keywords


Delphi Method, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Mate Selection.

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