The proportion of people seeking a partner later in life has increased in recent decades. However, studies exploring age variation in partner preferences are quite rare. We aim to fill this gap by examining the partner preferences for household care skills, financial resources, and education of unpartnered individuals aged 19–65 years (n = 1145) who participated in speed-dating events in the Czech Republic. We hypothesized that the importance of these characteristics varies with age, and that this variance may differ for men and women. The results show that gender differences concerning these characteristics are mostly stable across age groups. The exception is the importance of household care skills, which increases for older men and decreases for older women. We found that older adults value financial resources more than younger adults, and that this increase is true for women and men. Finally, we did not find evidence that the importance of education differs with age.

近几十年来，人们在晚年寻求伴侣的比例有所增加。但是，探索伴侣偏好中年龄差异的研究非常少见。我们旨在通过研究合作伙伴对家庭护理技能，财务资源以及年龄在19-65岁的无伴侣者的教育的偏好来填补这一空白（n = 1145）谁参加了捷克共和国的快速约会活动。我们假设这些特征的重要性随年龄而变化，并且这种差异对于男性和女性可能有所不同。结果表明，与这些特征有关的性别差异在各个年龄段中都基本稳定。例外的是家庭护理技能的重要性，这对于年长的男性来说增加了而对年长的女性来说减少了。我们发现，老年人比年轻人更看重财务资源，而且这种增长确实适用于男女。最后，我们没有找到证据表明教育的重要性随年龄而变化。