> I do think that the problem with most surveys is that there will certainly be biases in self-reported answers.

Yeah and it's very typical with this question especially. You can't ask a woman what she values in a partner, because she will say whatever makes her look like a good person.

That's why so many girls list intelligence as an important thing in a man, and still the most intelligent guys get the least girls.

You need to look at how women actually choose their partners, not ask them how they would hypothetically choose. Look at the men that always have hot girlfriends and what they have in common, that's how you can make an empirical conclusion.