Author(s)

Junji Li ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Economics, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430048, China

Corresponding Author

Junji Li

ABSTRACT

This research aims at investigating the current situation of marriage costs in rural men at different economic levels and analyze the influence of economy, education and family background. By collecting sample data from the rural survey in H province, we investigated many aspects of their economic status, education, and family background, and measured their marital costs. The results show that the economic level has a significant effect on the cost of marriage in rural men, and a higher economic level means higher marriage costs. At the same time, education level was negatively associated with the marriage costs of rural men, which may be related to the influence of education on individual career development and economic status. Family background also has a significant impact on the cost of marriage for rural men, with individuals with better family backgrounds tend to bear higher costs in marriage. This research also verified these effects using regression analysis and performed a sensitivity analysis to test the robustness of the model. Our results help to deeply understand the operation mechanism of rural marriage market and provide a reference for relevant policy making.

KEYWORDS

Rural male, Cost of marriage, Economic level, Education level, Family background, Empirical analysis, Regression analysis, Sensitivity analysis

CITE THIS PAPER

Junji Li, Empirical Research of the Current Situation of Marriage Costs among Rural Men at Different Economic Levels—Taking Province H as an Example. Agricultural & Forestry Economics and Management (2023) Vol. 6: 1-8. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/agrfem.2023.060301.

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