Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: China

Problem of a low marriage rate is aggravating nowadays in China. It reached a lowest marriage rate of 5.8‰ in 2021. From previous studies, it has been found that the low marriage rate is caused by the factors including economic level, social liberalization, education level, and so on. However, famil...

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Main Author: Qinyi Tan
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2023.2179433
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description Problem of a low marriage rate is aggravating nowadays in China. It reached a lowest marriage rate of 5.8‰ in 2021. From previous studies, it has been found that the low marriage rate is caused by the factors including economic level, social liberalization, education level, and so on. However, family, as an important factor on this issue especially in a society like China that abides by Confucius’ filial piety very much, was seldom mentioned. In this paper, a study on how parents’ external conditions affect their children’s attitude toward a marriage relationship and how parents’ own attitudes toward a marriage relationship affect their children’s marriage choices indirectly is carried out based on the dataset of China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) in 2018 and the multiple linear regression and logistic regression models are employed for the purpose. The influences of parents’ marital status, parents’ education level and parent’s financial support on children’s expected marriage age and actual marriage status are investigated. It is hoped that the findings in this study could provide valuable reference for a better understanding of young generation’s attitude toward marriage from a different aspect.
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spelling doaj-art-00bbc51bc8544ee4ba6dc03470b974702025-08-20T03:31:27ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862023-12-019110.1080/23311886.2023.2179433Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: ChinaQinyi Tan0School of Social Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaProblem of a low marriage rate is aggravating nowadays in China. It reached a lowest marriage rate of 5.8‰ in 2021. From previous studies, it has been found that the low marriage rate is caused by the factors including economic level, social liberalization, education level, and so on. However, family, as an important factor on this issue especially in a society like China that abides by Confucius’ filial piety very much, was seldom mentioned. In this paper, a study on how parents’ external conditions affect their children’s attitude toward a marriage relationship and how parents’ own attitudes toward a marriage relationship affect their children’s marriage choices indirectly is carried out based on the dataset of China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) in 2018 and the multiple linear regression and logistic regression models are employed for the purpose. The influences of parents’ marital status, parents’ education level and parent’s financial support on children’s expected marriage age and actual marriage status are investigated. It is hoped that the findings in this study could provide valuable reference for a better understanding of young generation’s attitude toward marriage from a different aspect.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2023.2179433marriage attitudeparental influencechildren’s marital psychologymarriage rateyoung generationone-child policy
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Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: China
Cogent Social Sciences
marriage attitude
parental influence
children’s marital psychology
marriage rate
young generation
one-child policy
title Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: China
title_full Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: China
title_fullStr Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: China
title_full_unstemmed Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: China
title_short Parents’ influence on children’s marital decision case study: China
title_sort parents influence on children s marital decision case study china
topic marriage attitude
parental influence
children’s marital psychology
marriage rate
young generation
one-child policy
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2023.2179433
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