Singles In America By Match.com

Single men and women make up a third of the U.S. adult population, and now Match.com has done its second comprehensive study on how that third is living and thinking in 2012. Over 5,000 unattached Americans participated in the study and sounded off about politics, sex, love, and everything in between. Here's what they had to say:

Is PDA a-ok? Opinion is still divided. Men are more likely to engage in public displays of affection (41%), while women are a little more shy about showing off (31%).

Is the bad economy creating bad love lives? The economy currently ranks as the #1 source of stress for singles, but 60% say that it's had no effect on their dating habits and more than 40% say they would date someone who was unemployed if they were already interested in that person.

Are men just as sick of singlehood as women are? It seems like it...31% of men and 33% of women find loneliness to be "somewhat stressful" or "very stressful." Believe it or not, men are actually more likely to report that loneliness is a difficult side effect of being single (27% of men as compared to 22% of women).

Which political party has a better sex life? The war between liberals and conservatives rages on! Conservative Republicans are 40% more likely to be satisfied with their sex lives than people with other political affiliations, but they also report having the lowest amount of sexual activity in the last 12 months.

Is love at first sight a fantasy or a fact? Women may not be the romantics we think they are. By age 30, 51% of women say they believe in love at first sight and have experienced it, while 58% of men say they have gone ga-ga for a girl at first glance.

Who is more afraid of cohabitation? Contrary to popular belief, women are less likely to expect to move in with a man before they'd been dating for a year. 46% of men say they would move in with a new love they'd been dating for less than a year, but only 26% of women say the same thing.

Does getting old mean getting desperate? Definitely not. Singles over 60 are less likely to settle for a partnership that doesn't have both sex and romance than singles in any other age bracket.

What do singles really want? Single Americans are looking for more than a superficial level of compatibility. Only 11% say they "must have" a partner from the same ethnic background or with similar religious beliefs. Only 23% say marriage is a must-have, and only 26% say their partner must want children. Instead, singles these days are focused on deeper qualities and personal fulfillment - 93% say that what matters most is finding someone they can trust and confide in.

For more results from the singles survey, check out the Match blog here and keep an eye out for break downs of the findings from the likes of Dr. Helen Fisher and Dr. Laura Berman.

To find out more about this dating service who released the survey you can read our review of Match.com.