Table 5 The effect of spouse’s social status on individual class identity and bias (N = 7645)
From: “Mixed” subjective class identity: a new interpretation of Chinese class identity
Subjective class identity | Class identity bias | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 9 | Model 10 | Model 11 | Model 12 | |
Male | −0.027 | −0.027 | −0.252*** | −0.265*** |
(0.039) | (0.039) | (0.045) | (0.045) | |
Age | 0.009*** | 0.009*** | 0.017*** | 0.017*** |
(0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
Urban residency | 0.025 | 0.024 | −0.356*** | −0.359*** |
(0.038) | (0.038) | (0.044) | (0.044) | |
House ownership (no house = 0) | ||||
One house | 0.098 | 0.104 | 0.142 | 0.143 |
(0.077) | (0.077) | (0.088) | (0.088) | |
Multiple houses | 0.270** | 0.268** | 0.310** | 0.300** |
(0.088) | (0.087) | (0.101) | (0.101) | |
Have a car | 0.348*** | 0.345*** | 0.344*** | 0.338*** |
(0.047) | (0.047) | (0.054) | (0.054) | |
Relative social status to peers (higher = 0) | ||||
Similar | −0.830*** | −0.816*** | −0.842*** | −0.805*** |
(0.081) | (0.081) | (0.093) | (0.093) | |
Lower | −1.669*** | −1.646*** | −1.578*** | −1.530*** |
(0.085) | (0.085) | (0.098) | (0.098) | |
Perception of social mobility (downward = 0) | ||||
Immobile | 0.268*** | 0.268*** | 0.291*** | 0.293*** |
(0.058) | (0.058) | (0.067) | (0.067) | |
Upward | 1.154*** | 1.153*** | 1.171*** | 1.170*** |
(0.055) | (0.055) | (0.063) | (0.063) | |
Individual’s social status | 0.131*** | 0.007 | −4.133*** | −4.415*** |
(0.037) | (0.051) | (0.042) | (0.058) | |
Parents’ social status | 0.439*** | 0.443*** | 0.330*** | 0.343*** |
(0.027) | (0.027) | (0.032) | (0.032) | |
Spouse’s social status | 0.192*** | 0.340*** | 0.167*** | 0.310*** |
(0.034) | (0.049) | (0.039) | (0.056) | |
Individual’s social status × male | 0.236*** | 0.556*** | ||
(0.069) | (0.079) | |||
Spouse’s social status × male | −0.268*** | −0.273*** | ||
(0.063) | (0.072) | |||
Intercept | 4.066*** | 4.017*** | −1.535*** | −1.617*** |
(0.139) | (0.139) | (0.160) | (0.160) | |
R2 | 0.266 | 0.268 | 0.690 | 0.692 |