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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics on variables N = 1139

From: Marital power, spousal relationship, and intergenerational support

Variable

Values

Percentage

Mean

Standard deviation

Economic support to paternal parents

Never

12.4

  

Seldom

22.5

  

Sometimes

41.4

  

Frequently

20.5

  

Very often

3.2

  

Economic support to maternal parents

Never

14.4

  

Seldom

26.2

  

Sometimes

40.9

  

Frequently

16.0

  

Very often

2.5

  

Parental support from husband’s parents in the past

None

49.2

  

A little

45.5

  

Quite a lot

5.3

  

Parental support from wife’s parents in the past

None

53.4

  

A little

43.6

  

Quite a lot

3.0

  

 Hukou

Urban

57.7

  

Rural

42.3

  

 Region

East

38.7

  

Central

37.1

  

West

24.2

  

Wife’s power in decision making (1–100)

  

51.4

14.5

Spousal relationship (1–100)

  

72.9

14.3

Wife’s age (20–69 years old)

  

38.2

8.7

Wife’s education level (1–9)

  

3.2

1.2

Education gap between husband and wife (− 5.5)

  

− 0.3

1.1

Household income (0–600,000 per year)

  

2.4

3.6

Husband’s siblings (0–8)

  

2.7

1.7

Wife’s siblings (0–9)

  

2.8

1.7