A Study on Marital Behavior for Females in Taiwan
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Lin, Wan-Chan
Abstract
The two purposes of this study were (a) exploring marriage change in Taiwan; and (b) finding the relative factors of perspectives of the economic, and personal background and characteristics, to exam how such factors influences martial behavior on Taiwanese women. Data are from the Taiwan Social Change Survey conducted by the Academia Sinica Institute of Sociology. According to different purposes, we used two dataset (i.e., one is four rounds data from the year 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006, and the other is single year data of the year 2006 ) to test hypotheses by regression analysis.
According to the results, the effect of less marriage and delayed marriage was increased over time. If the birth cohort was younger, the tendency toward less marriage and delayed marriage would be more significant. In addition to, the change of marital behavior for women was more violent than men. About exploring the the relatives factors of marital behavior, this section was divided into two parts. First, regarding the discussion on the relatives factors of ever married or not, the findings indicate that women who were higher educated, mainlanders, lived in metropolitan areas, and with more modern sex role attitudes would lower their likelihood of entering marriage. Second, concerning the relatives factors of age of marriage, women who were higher educated, higher occupational status would delay their time of marriage. According to the results of two aspects, we conclude that the ability of economic independence is the most important key to influence martial behavior on Taiwanese women.
Subjects
marital behavior
delayed marriage
women’s economic independence hypothese
Type
thesis
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