Table 4 Ordinary least square regression models of dating characteristics among young Chinese adults, by sex

Highest parental education

–.104** (–.140)

.079 (.113)

.220*** (.249)

–.156** (–.171)

.134* (.132)

–.119 (–.116)

Employed mother

.121 (.049)

.114 (.056)

.008 (.003)

.190 (.072)

–.036 (–.011)

.125 (.042)

Parents’ marital quality

–.080 (–.084)

–.015 (–.019)

.073 (.064)

.020 (.019)

.042 (.032)

.039 (.034)

English spoken at home

–.026 (–.009)

–.045 (–.018)

–.058 (–.018)

.312 (.097)

.496* (.130)

.396 (.110)

Date without parent approval

.005 (.006)

.109 (.118)

.233*** (.228)

–.046 (–.038)

.323*** (.274)

–.096 (–.072)

Age

–.036 (–.073)

.001 (.003)

.046 (.079)

.127*** (.216)

.092 (.137)

–.006 (–.009)

Religiosity

–.095* (–.141)

–.001 (–.001)

.029 (.036)

.186*** (.230)

–.027 (–.029)

.134* (.148)

Longest dating relationship

–.005 (–.015)

.017 (.048)

.046 (.111)

.049 (.103)

–.051 (–.108)

.049 (.093)

Desires heterogamy

.023 (.031)

–.059 (–.082)

–.007 (–.008)

.219*** (.234)

–.013 (–.012)

.081 (.077)

Number of friends dating

–.028 (–.034)

.002 (.002)

.190*** (.192)

–.038 (–.034)

.203*** (.179)

.207* (.166)

Self-esteem

.143** (.140)

.096 (.102)

–.169** (–.139)

.036 (.030)

–.195** (–.138)

.043 (.032)

Conservative gender attitudes

–.039 (–.027)

–.118 (–.083)

.180 (.105)

.381*** (.206)

.260* (.131)

.357** (.172)

Pro-natalist attitude

.118** (.142)

–.147** (–.182)

–.295*** (–.299)

–.076 (–.072)

–.197*** (–.174)

–.167 (–.141)

College grades

–.069 (–.081)

–.054 (–.079)

.094 (.092)

.067 (.075)

.150* (.127)

.047 (.047)

 Pragmatic

.239*** (.282)

–.052 (–.076)

–.025 (–.024)

–.068 (–.076)

–.127 (–.109)

–.072 (–.071)

 Caring

.155* (.183)

.377*** (.532)

.004 (.004)

–.032 (–.035)

–.154 (–.133)

–.151 (–.146)

 Appearance

–.166* (–.198)

–.119 (–.159)

.039 (.039)

.206* (.211)

.183 (.159)

.193 (.177)

 R-square

.209

.284

.291

.298

.371

.190

F

2.684***

3.082***

4.171***

3.294***

6.006***

1.825**