Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) · 2014 · 12 citations · 36 references
Social SciencesSociologyKinship StudiesRural DevelopmentRural SociologyMarriageRural MigrationRural Out-migration
InChina,�theimbalancedsexratioatbirthiscompoundedbyproblems� ofsurplusmalesatadultagesincertainregionsofthecountry.� Remoteandless-developedruralareasareaffectedbymassout- migrationofyoungpeople,�womenespecially.�Inasocietywhere� socialpressuretomarryisverystrong,�theshortageofyoungsingle� womeniscreatingaseriousmalemarriagesqueeze,�andmenmust� applyawiderangeofstrategiestofindthemselvesawife.�Usinga� matchmakingnetworktofindaspousebeforeitistoolateisone� suchstrategy.�Lige liu, Xiaoyi Jin, Melissa brown and Marcus feldman� examineaccesstomarriageinaruralcountyofAnhuiprovinceusing� datafromaquantitativesurveyofmarriedandnever-marriedmen.� Whileshowingthattheprobabilityofmarriagevariesaccordingto� certainindividualsocioeconomiccharacteristics,�theydemonstrate� thatmatchmakingnetworksplayanessentialrole.�Themenwho� usesuchnetworks,�basedonkinornon-kinties,�aretwiceaslikely� tomarryastheothers.
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