Do you want your partner to be sweet, considerate or humorous?

Most people are looking for more than just one positive feature when searching for a partner. But what would be the most important feature if you could just pick one? And do different nationalities have different preferences?

We put up a number of positive features and asked our panel members the following question:

"Which of the following features do you value the most in a partner? The person should be …"

The three characteristics - thoughtful/considerate, sweet/kind and humorous - are the most popular amongst our panel members, however, where sweet/kind is the most important feature for our Danish and Norwegian panel members, thoughtful/considerate is valued as the most important feature amongst our Irish and Swedish panel members. Finally, humorous is the most important feature in a partner if you ask our Finnish members.

With 9 percent, Norway has the highest percentage of panel members who have chosen "smart", which is the fourth most chosen feature. To find a partner who is either rich, ambitious or athletic is not important to any of Userneeds' members and the three options have only been chosen by between 1 and 2 percent of the panel members in each country. Interestingly, "romantic" has only been chosen by between 1 and 2 percent in each country as well, however, 2 percent in three of the five countries that is Denmark, Sweden and Ireland have chosen "romantic", thus in total it gets a higher rating than rich, ambitious and athletic.

The option "attractive" is the fifth most chosen category and 4 percent in each country, except for Finland (6 percent), have chosen "attractive" at the most important feature in a partner.