Table 2 Statistical description of the characteristics of all couples by marriage cohorts
From: Is the “seven-year itch” real?—a study on the changing divorce pattern in Chinese marriages
Variables | Before 1980 | 1980–1989 | 1990–1999 | 2000–2010 | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residence (%) | |||||
• Countryside | 68.7 | 67.8 | 65.4 | 64.7 | 67.0 |
• City | 31.3 | 32.2 | 34.6 | 35.3 | 33.0 |
Wives’ highest education level (%) | |||||
• Elementary and below | 79.0 | 57.1 | 55.1 | 37.0 | 60.3 |
• Secondary | 9.1 | 24.1 | 25.3 | 33.9 | 21.2 |
• High school | 3.9 | 13.5 | 11.5 | 17.0 | 10.5 |
• College and above | 1.3 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 4.1 |
• Missing value | 6.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
Wives’ age at first | |||||
Marriage | 20.7 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 22.0 |
(year) | (3.5) | (3.3) | (3.5) | (4.1) | (3.7) |
Sample size (pairs) | 5,447 | 4,519 | 3,532 | 2,974 | 16,472 |