Table 5 Ordinary least squares regression models of parental preferences among Chinese college students, by sex
From: Marriage and parenthood preferences among college students in China
| Â | Desired no. of children | Desired age at first birth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Females | Males | Females | Males | |
Highest parental education | − .027 (− .039) | .017 (.025) | − .046 (− .023) | − .167 (− .066) |
Employed mother | − .035 (− .016) | − .028 (− .014) | .512 (.077) | .286 (.037) |
Parents’ marital quality | .029 (.035) | .086** (.122) | − .199 (− .082) | − .186 (− .069) |
English spoken at home | − .009 (− .003) | .484*** (.170) | − .692 (− .087) | 1.784*** (.162) |
Date without parent approval | − .009 (− .010) | .046 (.050) | − .057 (− .023) | − .054 (− .016) |
Age | − .005 (− .055) | .012* (.104) | .016 (.059) | .062** (.134) |
Religiosity | .077** (.108) | .116*** (.169) | − .023 (− .011) | − .235 (− .089) |
Longest dating relationship | − .013 (− .084) | .022 (.065) | .034 (.075) | − .008 (− .006) |
Desires heterogamy | .071** (.102) | .050 (.073) | .029 (.014) | .081 (.031) |
Number of friends dating | − .041 (− .052) | .031 (.037) | − .045 (− .020) | − .471** (− .147) |
Willing to kiss on first date | − .007 (− .008) | − .015 (− .021) | − .145 (− .062) | .498*** (.173) |
Self-esteem | .040 (.047) | .038 (.043) | .014 (.006) | .136 (.039) |
Conservative gender attitudes | .131* (.092) | − .051 (− .038) | − .400* (− .095) | − .022 (− .004) |
Pro-natalist attitude | .131*** (.174) | .138*** (.175) | − .266** (− .120) | − .158 (− .052) |
College grades | − .089* (− .100) | − .096** (− .132) | .147 (.056) | .049 (.018) |
Desired partner qualities | ||||
 Pragmatic | .022 (.028) | − .098* (− .134) | − .128 (− .055) | − .412* (− .147) |
 Caring | − .009 (− .011) | .081 (.106) | .111 (.047) | − .005 (− .002) |
 Appearance | .052 (.064) | − .090 (− .119) | − .145 (− .061) | .104 (.035) |
R-square | .089 | .186 | .080 | .133 |
F | 1.945 | 3.189 | 1.725 | 2.143 |