1996

  The aim of the study is to assess the views of young people in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong on family and feritily.   Major findings:   1. Young people consider the feeling of love between a couple as a main contributor to a conjugal marriage. The survey demonstrated that young people considered the feeling of love, such as “having compatible personalities” and “fidelity and affection”, between a couple as the main contributor to a conjugal marriage.   2.Young people treasure the values of freedom, independence and equality in a husband-wife relationship When asked how a couple should handle […]

  This study aime to study how a rapidly developing society influences young people in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong on Courtship and Marriage.   Major findings: 1. Young people and courtship Young people nowadays enjoy a high degree of freedom in choosing their marriage partners. A majority of young people in the four cities opted for “moral character, personality and temperament” as the main criteria in choosing a marriage partner. It reflected that young people paid more attention to integrity than to external factors, such as “income” and “family background” as criteria in choosing a marriage partner. 2. Young people […]