Journal articleJournal of Marriage and Family · January 1, 2026
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Objective: This study examines how educational assortative mating—particularly educational homogamy—shapes household net worth in urban China. Background: Despite private wealth emerging as a critical indicator of financial security and social status in po ...
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Journal articleJournal of Marriage and Family · April 1, 2025
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Objective: This study investigates youth–status exchange in urban China, a country rooted in traditional gender roles and gendered mate selection preferences. Background: Status exchange operates as a mechanism through which social boundaries are crossed i ...
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Journal articleSocial science research · September 2021
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This article documents how opportunity and change in the U.S. occupational structure shaped patterns of occupational assortative mating between 1970 and 2015-2017. Trends in occupational assortative mating have often been cited as potentially contributing ...
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Journal articleResearch in social stratification and mobility · August 2018
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Hukou is a key marker of status in contemporary China. Urban hukou status confers large economic benefits such as preferential access to good schools, prestigious occupations, and state-subsidized welfare benefits. As such, trends in hukou ...
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Journal articleContraception · April 2017
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ObjectiveTo compare use of contraceptive methods at last heterosexual intercourse among 15-44year-old women and men at risk of unintended pregnancy in the United States.Study designWe employed data from the National Survey of Family Growt ...
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