Table 3 Logistic regression models of desire to marry among Chinese college students, by sex
From: Marriage and parenthood preferences among college students in China
| Â | Want to marry | |
|---|---|---|
Females | Males | |
Highest parental education | − .117 (.120) | − .092 (.130) |
Employed mother | − .460 (.354) | .528 (.430) |
Parents’ marital quality | .171 (.133) | .168 (.137) |
English spoken at home | .558 (.428) | 1.278*** (.508) |
Date without parent approval | − .076 (.147) | .434** (.193) |
Age | .000 (.018) | .036* (.019) |
Religiosity | .073 (.120) | .070 (.131) |
Longest dating relationship | .005 (.025) | .001 (.076) |
Desires heterogamy | .164 (.120) | .173 (.144) |
Number of friends dating | .007 (.138) | .298* (.175) |
Willing to kiss on first date | .127 (.141) | − .102 (.161) |
Self-Esteem | .277* (.153) | .376** (.193) |
Conservative gender attitudes | .644** (.259) | .052 (.270) |
Pro-natalist attitude | − .065 (.132) | .212 (.165) |
College grades | − .265* (.161) | .051 (.176) |
Desired partner qualities | ||
 Pragmatic | .192 (.224) | .478** (.223) |
 Caring | − .180 (.198) | − .677*** (.221) |
 Appearance | .040 (.211) | .039 (.246) |
Nagelkerke R-square | .133 | .220 |
− 2 log likelihood | 321.408 | 239.606 |