title: Spousal-residence separation among Chinese young couples.
abstract: The factors affecting the residential separation of spouses in China are examined. "Based on the microdata of the 1987 National Population Survey, we find that the variation in spousal-residence separations among Chinese young couples in the mid-1980s is well explained by personal and household factors within a multivariate model. The separations were aggravated by migrations for the reasons of employment or education. Although marriage migrations reduced the number of separations, those who had been married for a short period of time...were more prone to be separated. It is ironic that the higher a person's level of education, the greater the tendency for them to suffer the pain of spousal-residence separation. Household status could also be a very important factor: the lower the household status of a married individual, the more likely that he (or she) would be separated from their spouse."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Asia; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Education; Educational Status; Employment; Family And Household; Geographic Factors; Households; Macroeconomic Factors; Marriage; Migration; Nuptiality; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Separation; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution