The survey found that 35 per cent of men polled said they hadn't got married because they hadn't met the right person compared to only 29 per cent of women.
Overall, one in three people (31 per cent) who want to marry but have not yet tied the knot are still on the hunt for their Mr or Mrs Right.
Sir Paul Coleridge, chairman of Marriage Foundation and Christian said the stats should not be surprising.
He said: "We should not be alarmed when we see couples of today being choosier than the generation before them. Previous Marriage Foundation research has shown women now typically marry in their early thirties, men in their mid-thirties.
"The good news is that when couples do finally get round to making a solid commitment it is far more likely to last than twenty years ago."
Marriage Week this year, which Coleridge organised, promoted the advantages of planning ahead, including the benefits of getting married before having children in terms of improving the chances of long-term family stability.
The survey found that planning was low even among married couples with 95 per cent never even having had a conversation about getting a pre-nuptial agreement.
Coleridge said: "The rate of divorce in the early years has been falling steadily for the last nine years and although men are taking longer to commit when they do it is much more likely to be a carefully considered permanent decision.
"The essential ingredient for marriage is deciding to make a mutual life-long commitment and not sliding or drifting into cohabitation with little or no planning.
"Similarly, planning your first baby, as Marriage Foundation research showed last week, also increases your chances of staying together forever."
Listen to Sir Paul Coleridge speaking with Premier's Cara Bentley here:
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