Yu Xiao, Liu Shu
Northeast Asian Research Center, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Jul 23;12:691460. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.691460. eCollection 2021.
While China has decreasing female labor participation and increasing marital instability, compared to the rest of the world, its female labor participation rate is higher on average. The effect of female labor force status on couples' marital satisfaction, as one of the main factors for evaluating marital quality, has been separately discussed, including extensive margins considering whether women are in the labor market and intensive margins on women working hours per week. This study analyzed data from the 2014 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) using a binary logit model and a stability test. Results showed that the work hours, rather than the occupational status, of women affect marital satisfaction. In addition, regardless of the gender role attitudes held by the couple, marital satisfaction increases when women are in the labor market. This study has retroactively reviewed the effects of women working outside the home on marital quality. The dual roles of Chinese women, as both employee and homemaker, have been socially accepted. However, the requirements of maintaining multiple roles often contradict and present conflicts among the roles, time, and pressure, in the long run, giving rise to marital dissatisfaction.
虽然中国女性劳动力参与率在下降，婚姻稳定性在上升，但与世界其他国家相比，其女性劳动力参与率平均更高。作为评估婚姻质量的主要因素之一，女性劳动力状况对夫妻婚姻满意度的影响已分别进行了讨论，包括考虑女性是否进入劳动力市场的广度边际以及女性每周工作时长的强度边际。本研究使用二元逻辑回归模型和稳定性检验分析了2014年中国家庭追踪调查（CFPS）的数据。结果表明，影响婚姻满意度的是女性的工作时长，而非职业地位。此外，无论夫妻双方持何种性别角色态度，当女性进入劳动力市场时，婚姻满意度都会提高。本研究追溯性地考察了女性外出工作对婚姻质量的影响。中国女性作为雇员和家庭主妇的双重角色已被社会所接受。然而，长期来看，维持多种角色的要求往往相互矛盾，在角色、时间和压力方面产生冲突，进而导致婚姻不满。
