Top 3 qualities men want in a wife:

1. 1) Honesty/integrity (mentioned by 49% of men)
2. 2) Beauty/looks (mentioned by 42% of men)
3. 3) Faithfulness/loyalty (mentioned by 34% of men)

The rest of qualities that men want in a woman that made it into top 10 are:

1. 4) Intelligent (27%)
2. 5) Sensual/sexy (17%)
3. 6) Kind (14%)
4. 7) Loving/loves me (13%)
5. 8) Caring (11%)
6. 9) A good communicator (6%)
7. 10) Positive/happy (5%)

Qualities that haven't made it into the top 10 list of qualities men want in a wife but were mentioned by a sizable proportion of respondents were:

• sense of humor
• reliability
• family values
• similarity of interests

It's worth mentioning that in a follow up survey where men were presented with a list of qualities and could simply select the most important quality from the list, more than 25% of men selected "loyal/faithful" as their #1 quality they want in a wife over all others.

The second choice for the most important quality men want in a woman (when selected from a list of pre-determined values) was "loving/loves me" with 15% of respondents putting it as their #1 choice.

The third leading quality was "honest" with 10% of men choosing it as #1 quality they want in a future wife.

This shows that sanctity and integrity of a relationship are the most important parameters for men when selecting a future wife.

"Beauty/looks/physical attraction" was the second most often mentioned attribute that is important for men when choosing a life-long partner. It's important though that both in the main (open-ended question) survey and in the follow-up (formalized list) survey the #1 quality was related to integrity of a relationship, which had been attributed a much higher value by the survey respondents than to the quality of physical beauty.

Which simply means, no matter how beautiful and smart you are and how good you are in bed, he's not going to marry you unless he believes you are going to be faithful and loyal!