Assortative mating for human height: A meta-analysis.
Gert StulpMirre J P SimonsSara GrasmanThomas V PolletPublished in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2016)
Positive assortative mating for height exists in human populations, but is modest in magnitude suggesting that height is not a major factor in mate choice. Future research is necessary to understand the underlying causes of the large amount of heterogeneity observed in the degree of assortative mating across human populations, which may stem from a combination of methodological and ecological differences.