scholarly journals Four decades of transition to first marriage in China: Economic reform and persisting marriage norms

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaorong Gu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Formation Pattern ◽  
The Cultural Revolution

This study draws on three waves (2012; 2013; 2015) of pooled data from the China General Social Survey to examine two major dimensions of the transition to first marriage among four cohorts of youths, i.e. the transition tempos and the homogamy patterns. Key findings include: 1) there is no evidence of systematic delays in family formation among cohorts coming of age after reform, albeit moderate cross-cohort heterogeneity. Two cohorts are identified for their unique trajectories: The Cultural Revolution cohort with a relatively protracted transition process and the Late Reform cohort with a rather condensed marriage formation pattern; 2) respondents who belong to older cohorts, are men, have received higher education and hold urban hukou have low hazards in entering first marriage by a certain age; 3)I record steady growing strengths of homogamy over cohorts, with the Ф parameters rising from 0.42 for the Cultural Revolution cohort to 0.56 for the Late Reform cohort. The overall message is that four decades of rapid economic development in post-reform China has failed to weaken persisting marriage norms and practices among young people, contrary to well-documented empirical evidence from many other national contexts. I ruminate on potential institutional and cultural mechanisms underlying such an intriguing phenomenon.

Attitudinal Differences within the Cultural Revolution Cohort: Effects of the Sent-down Experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 225 ◽  
pp. 234-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Harmel ◽  
Yao-Yuan Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Class Struggle ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Attitudinal Differences ◽  
Communist Ideology ◽  
Urban Sample ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Cultural Revolution

AbstractThis study addresses whether individuals who were sent down during the Cultural Revolution reveal different political attitudes from those who were socialized during the same period but were not themselves sent down. Using data from the urban sample of the 2006 General Social Survey of China, the authors find evidence that formerly sent-down youth – and particularly sent-down women – as compared to their not-sent-down peers, are today more willing to accept the class-struggle foundation of Mao's communist ideology but are, at the same time, more willing to assess the performance and structure of the communist regime critically.

The shifting burden of obesity: Changes in the distribution of obesity in China, 2010–2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Depressing Effect ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
Rural Residency ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Chinese General Social Survey

This study examines the changes in the effects of income, education, and urban/rural residency on the risk of obesity within the Chinese society in recent years. Using pooled data from five waves of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) between 2010 and 2015, it reveals significant shifts in the distribution of the obese population within the Chinese society. China is now at a critical point in the transition with respect to obesity. The positive income–obesity relationship is about to turn negative; the obesity-depressing effect of education continues to increase; and the urban–rural gap in obesity is soon to disappear and reverse. Consequently, individuals with lower income or less education and rural residents face increasingly higher risks of obesity over time. The distribution of obesity in today’s Chinese society increasingly mirrors and may aggravate existing social inequalities.

Socioeconomic Standing and Variability in Marriage Timing in the Twentieth Century

2015 ◽  
Vol 663 (1) ◽  
pp. 270-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan M. Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Class ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Marriage Timing ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Historical Periods

This research draws on extensive data from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to shed new light on change and variability in family life. I address two overarching questions. First, how did variability in marriage timing change over the course of the twentieth century? Second, did changes in the variability of marriage timing occur broadly across socioeconomic groups, or have they been limited to the top or bottom of the socioeconomic ladder? Because identifying consistent measures of socioeconomic standing over broad historical periods is not straightforward, and because one’s own socioeconomic standing may be in part flow from marriage decisions, I triangulate results using multiple measures of social standing. Although the magnitude and timing of changes in age of first marriage vary somewhat across social class, my results point to generally similar underlying trends across class groups. Social class variation in marriage patterns is well documented, yet explanations for the changing variability in marriage timing over the course of the twentieth century also needs to consider factors that could have affected all social class groups to some extent.

Lost in Transformation? The Employment Trajectories of China’s Cultural Revolution Cohort

2013 ◽  
Vol 646 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianhan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Cluster Membership ◽  
Employment Trajectories ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
The Cultural Revolution

This article aims to uncover major career trajectories among one particular cohort of Chinese urban residents whose transition to adulthood was greatly disrupted by the Cultural Revolution. Based on the career histories of respondents from a subsample of the 2003 China’s General Social Survey, and with the adoption of the optimal matching and cluster analysis techniques, the analysis reveals a four-cluster typology for career sequences of this cohort from their first employment to the labor market status in the 25th year since first entry. The preservation of the temporal order of career events helps to define a discernible career pathway type for each cluster. A multinomial logistic regression explains how cluster membership relates to a string of background characteristics, specifically showing that the state-initiated rustication experience in youthhood and family resources impacted the Cultural Revolution cohort’s labor market prospects after the economic transformation.

Individual religious involvements in America across time

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Chan ◽  
Shu-Kam Lee
Keyword(s):  
General Social Survey ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
Parental Background ◽  
The Us ◽  
Tobit Analysis ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Negative Impacts

Purpose – This paper aims to characterize those who take part in three different type religious activities (prayers, monetary donations and worship attendances) in the USA using 1972-2010 General Social Survey pooled data. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have identified factors that affect each activity using Tobit analysis. Findings – There are only three common factors (marriage, race and parental background) that influence all of these three activities and the directions of impacts are not the same. Black churchgoers are more engaging in all of these three activities, the same is true for those whose parents attend church regularly. However, marriage has positive impacts on both worship attendances and monetary donations, but has negative impacts on prayers. Originality/value – This paper contributes by breaking down giving into three categories and using 38 years of pooled data in the US General Social Survey.

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