Internal migration, marriage timing and assortative mating: a mixed-method study in China.

We examine how rural-to-urban migration influences marriage timing and assortative mating by family origins using data from the 2012 Chinese Family Panel Studies and in-depth interviews conducted in Beijing. To account for potential selection bias, we compare marriage timing across migration status...

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Publicado en:Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 46; no. 14; pp. 2914 - 2937
Autores principales: Mu, Zheng, Yeung, Wei-Jun Jean
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2020
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          Department of Sociology and Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore
          Department of Sociology, Asia Research Institute, and Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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        Rural-urban migration
        Marriage
        Assortative mating
        Internal migration
        Educational attainment
        Social background
        Cultural capital
        Social capital
        China
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          Rural-urban migration
          Marriage
          Assortative mating
          Internal migration
          Educational attainment
          Social background
          Cultural capital
          Social capital
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        assortative mating
        marriage timing
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      ab: We examine how rural-to-urban migration influences marriage timing and assortative mating by family origins using data from the 2012 Chinese Family Panel Studies and in-depth interviews conducted in Beijing. To account for potential selection bias, we compare marriage timing across migration status by holding all other variables at group-specific averages based on event history analysis and propensity-score matching analysis. Results from both approaches show that compared with rural locals, rural migrants marry later, and the negative effects are more pronounced for men, which may be attributed to the greater burden placed on grooms and their families for establishing a household in China. The migration effects are moderated by education and family backgrounds. The in-depth interviews illuminate the mechanisms through pressure and aspiration for career and consumption, uncertainties in life, the timing of education completion, and more liberal attitudes toward marriage in the receiving communities. For assortative mating, we show that rural migrants who are better endowed in human, social, and cultural capital are more likely to marry across birth place, hukou, or migration status.
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