Chennai: PrivilegeMatrimony, a pioneering service offered by BharatMatrimony, conducted a survey to understand the most sort after professionals among Indian men and women. The survey clearly revealed that finance professionals were the most favoured marriage partners among Indian women. Fifty per cent of the women who took part in the survey, desired to marry finance professional when compared to software and medical professionals.

Working hours, work related stress, work cultural and frequent travel or transfer was considered while choosing their life partner. Some women preferred not to get married to men in similar profession as they are in. Only 20 per cent of women preferred software and medical professionals as their life partners. Marketing professionals were the least sort after – with 10 per cent of the women voting in favour of this profession. Around 5000 respondents took part in the survey.

Interestingly, 30 per cent of the men who took part in the survey preferred non-working women as their marriage partners. Finance professionals were the most preferred spouses, with 24 per cent votes for the males too. Doctors and software professionals weren’t the choice of men with respect to their spouse profession. The survey shows a clear decline in the choice of men to get married to teachers or professionals in education segment. Only eight percent of men preferred teachers as their life partner. It was also revealed that men were more particular about the profession of their life-partners than women.

Said Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder-CEO, BharatMatrimony: “Technology, work stress, parenthood, and the shifting roles of men and women are changing what marriage looks like for many of us. As the pioneers in matrimony, this survey by PrivilegeMatrimony is part of our efforts to explore and understand marriages and its impact on society better through research, surveys, and other observational studies on a regular basis.”

Nearly 80 per cent of the women were willing to work after marriage, but 50 per cent of them were likely to call it quit after reaching motherhood. Interestingly, the survey shows that still women depend on men when it comes to major decision like quitting their job or changing their profession. About 20 per cent of women who participated in the survey said that they would prefer their partners to decide on their career path and another 20 per cent said that they would carry on with their profession till retirement.

The survey further revealed that about 90 per cent of the women were ready to make ‘adjustments’ to support the professional growth of their husbands. Among men, only 50 per cent said they were ready to encourage their spouses with respect to profession.

Rohit Tilokani, Business Head, PrivilegeMatrimony, said: “It’s a positive sign that an overwhelming majority of women wanted to work after marriage. Equally encouraging was the finding that a successful profession contributed to a happy and successful marriage. Our view is that you can successfully have both a profession and a marriage. In fact you may end up happier, stronger and smiling!”

When it came to income expectations, nearly 70 per cent of the women expected their spouses to earn between Rs 50,000 and 1 lakh per month. But almost 20 per cent wanted to marry a man earning more than Rs 1 lakh per month. About 40 per cent believed that their profession stood in the way of getting married. Interestingly, 80 per cent felt that their profession played an interesting role for a successful marriage.