Yang Xueyan, Li Shuzhuo, Attané Isabelle, Feldman Marcus W
1 Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
2 French National Institute for Demographic Studies, Paris, France.
Am J Mens Health. 2017 May;11(3):702-710. doi: 10.1177/1557988316681220. Epub 2016 Dec 5.
China is facing a male marriage squeeze, as there are more men in the marriage market than potential female partners. As a consequence, some men may fail to ever marry. However, while some studies have suggested that most unmarried men affected by the marriage squeeze in rural China feel a sense of failure, the quality of life of the men who remain unmarried against their will remains largely unexplored. Using data collected in rural Hanbin district of Ankang City (Shaanxi, China), this study analyzes the relationship between the marriage squeeze and the quality of life among rural men. Descriptive analyses indicate that the quality of life of unmarried men aged 28 years and older tends to be worse than for both younger unmarried men and married men. Also, the quality of life of men who perceive the marriage squeeze appears to be worse than that of those who do not. Regression analyses reveal that the perceived marriage squeeze and age independently have a significant negative relationship with the quality of life of rural men.
中国正面临男性婚姻挤压问题，婚姻市场上男性多于潜在女性伴侣。因此，一些男性可能终生未婚。然而，虽然一些研究表明，中国农村受婚姻挤压影响的大多数未婚男性会感到挫败，但违背自身意愿而未婚的男性的生活质量在很大程度上仍未得到研究。本研究利用在中国陕西省安康市汉滨区农村收集的数据，分析了婚姻挤压与农村男性生活质量之间的关系。描述性分析表明，28岁及以上未婚男性的生活质量往往比年轻未婚男性和已婚男性更差。此外，感知到婚姻挤压的男性的生活质量似乎比未感知到的男性更差。回归分析显示，感知到的婚姻挤压和年龄分别与农村男性的生活质量存在显著负相关关系。
