Everyone has their own preference when it comes to their breakfast eggs.
But whether you prefer them sunny side up or hard boiled, your taste in eggs might say a lot about you.
According to a study commissioned by the British Egg Industry Council, your favourite way of eating eggs can predict everything from your personality to your fashion sense.
And it’s bad news for fans of boiled eggs, as the data suggests that fans of this cooking method are less conscientious and run a greater risk of getting divorced.
Over 1,000 UK adults took a detailed survey about their lifestyle, family life, and, of course, how they cook their eggs.
The rsults revealed that childless adults typically prefer a more leisurely breakfast of scrambled eggs, while those with four or more kids opt for fast fried eggs.
Egg choice might even be linked to your profession – with manual workers, casual labourers, and the unemployed generally choosing fried eggs.
So, what does your favourite type of egg say about you?
Poached eggs
Using a mathematical technique called the Generalised Linear Regression Model, the researchers used their survey results to predict character and lifestyle traits based on egg choices.
This revealed that poached eggs are generally the favourite choice of fathers with two children.
Poached egg lovers are also likely to come from small families themselves, with no more than one older brother or sister.
Perhaps due to how much practice it takes to get them right, preference for poached eggs tends to increase as you get older.
In terms of their personality, fans of poached eggs tend to be the life of the party.
If you like poached eggs, you are likely to be socially outgoing and extroverted.
You may also have a tendency to wear flashy ‘decorative clothing’ and have a passion for upbeat music.
Poached eggs: You are likely to have a taste for decorative clothing and upbeat music. You are also outgoing and happier than most people
Boiled eggs: You are disorganised, careless, and impulsive. You likely have lower levels of conscientiousness and are more likely to be divorced
After all that, it might not come as a surprise to learn that poached egg lovers are also happier than most people on average.
Boiled eggs
If boiled is your favourite way of enjoying an egg, then this study has some bad news for you.
Those who listed boiled eggs as their preferred choice had a greater tendency to be disorganised, careless, and impulsive.
This group also scored lower for conscientiousness, which is the psychological propensity to be responsible, organised, hardworking, and goal-oriented.
Perhaps related to these points, boiled egg lovers also run a greater risk of getting divorced at some point in their lives.
Besides this, those who opt for boiling are more likely to be women and probably live in the Southeast of England.
Fried eggs
Fried eggs: You are curious, creative, imaginative, and open to new experiences. Perhaps as a result, you may be better informed about sex, and have a wider range of sexual experiences
According to the survey, fried egg lovers are largely men from Scotland who are employed in some form of skilled labour.
They are also likely to come from big families, with multiple brothers and sisters and at least four children of their own.
In stark contrast to those who like their eggs boiled, fried egg enjoyers are free-spirited individuals.
If you always take your eggs sunny side up, you are probably open to new experiences, creative, curious, and imaginative.
You may also have a better than normal ability to vividly recall your dreams in the morning.
Additionally, those who prefer fried eggs are better informed about sex, have a wider array of sexual experiences, and stronger sex drives than average.
Scrambled eggs
Based on this data, scrambled eggs are the go-to choice for the well-to-do young professional.
Scrambled eggs: You are likely to be a childless professional aged 29 to 39 working in a managerial or senior job role. You have a low level of neuroticism, meaning you experience anger and sadness less frequently than other people
If scrambled eggs are your favourite, you are probably childless, between the ages of 29 and 39, and live anywhere south of Birmingham other than London.
You are also more likely to be in a managerial or senior-level job and to own your home.
Psychologically, scrambled egg fans tend to score lower for neuroticism.
That means they experience anger, sadness, or anxiety less frequently and less intensely than other people.
However, people in this group are also more guarded and less open to other people.
Omelettes
If you somehow find time to make yourself an omelette in the morning, then you probably have your life together to an impressive degree.
And the data from this study agrees, as people who selected omelette as their favourite were more reliable, well-organised, and self-disciplined.
Omelettes: You are well-organised, reliable, and self-disciplined. You probably have a tidy home and have a lower chance of getting divorced
Unsurprisingly, these paragons of virtue are also more likely to have tidy homes.
To make things even better, omelette eaters tend to have longer life expectancies and lower rates of divorce.
In terms of demographics, if you like an omelette over other eggs, you are more likely to be middle class.
You also probably live in Sheffield, Liverpool, or Newcastle.
