Female Suicide, Subjectivity and the State in Eighteenth‐Century China

Theiss, Janet

doi:10.1111/j.0953-5233.2004.00354.x

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“…In addition, premarital sexual behavior was strictly prohibited (Sommer, 2000; Wang and Yang, 1996). Female virginity was highly prized, and in certain extreme cases women were encouraged to commit suicide for losing their virginity before marriage (Theiss, 2004).…”

Section: Union Formation and Childbearing In China: Past And Presentmentioning

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Union formation and childbearing among Chinese youth: Trends and socioeconomic differentials

2021

Chinese Journal of Sociology

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Driven by economic development, ideational changes and family planning policies, the Chinese family has experienced significant change over the past several decades. Based on data from the 2018 wave of the China Family Panel Studies, this study analyzes China’s younger generations’ union formation and childbearing behaviors. The results show that although the average age of entry into a first marriage continues to rise, young people generally express a desire to enter into marriage and value the creation of a family. As premarital cohabitation became more prevalent, its determinants change from the “second demographic transition” model to the “pattern of disadvantage” model. The differences between cohabitors and non-cohabitors in premarital conception, premarital childbirth and divorce diminished in the recent cohorts. The findings suggest that the age of childbearing for Chinese women remains relatively early. The implementation of the “universal two-child policy” in 2015 has also encouraged younger women’s childbearing. Among those born in the 1980s, almost half have already given birth to a second child. The ideal number of children has declined across birth cohorts in China, especially for individuals with a higher educational level and urban hukou. In summary, changes in union formation and childbearing among Chinese youth imply that China will be facing a further rise in the first marriage age and a further decline in the fertility rate. However, voluntary singlehood will remain rare, and Chinese youth still value the importance of marriage and childbearing.

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Section: Union Formation and Childbearing In China: Past And Presentmentioning

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Union formation and childbearing among Chinese youth: Trends and socioeconomic differentials

2021

Chinese Journal of Sociology

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“…Parents would choose the most suitable spouse for a child in consideration of the overall interests of the family (Pimentel, 2000). Premarital sexual behavior was strictly forbidden to maintain the purity of the family bloodline, especially for women (Sommer, 2000;Theiss, 2004;Wang & Yang, 1996).…”

Section: The Historical Chinese Familymentioning

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Is there a Chinese pattern of the second demographic transition?

Xie

2022

China popul. dev. stud.

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The Second Demographic Transition (SDT) is a useful theoretical framework for explaining the recent trend in many countries of very low fertility combined with alternative union and family types. Although past studies have observed the SDT in many Western societies, whether it is applicable to East Asia remains unclear. Capitalizing on data from the Chinese Census and China Family Panel Studies, we provide estimates of key behavioral and ideational indicators of the SDT. We find that union formation in China has trended increasingly toward patterns commonly observed in the West, including delayed age of marriage and the common practice of premarital cohabitation. While having a lowest-low fertility rate, China has not experienced rising nonmarital childbirths, a key component of the SDT. However, we observe growing tolerance toward nonmarital childbearing and childlessness. Marriages remain relatively stable in China, especially among couples with children. Taken together, our analysis suggests that typically coincident changes in patterns of family behavior associated with the SDT are not occurring simultaneously in China. Moreover, ideational changes are preceding behavioral changes, particularly in attitudes toward nonmarital childbearing and childlessness. Our research suggests a different pattern of the SDT in China, which has been heavily influenced by Confucian culture.

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Albrecht¹

2012

Handbuch Soziale Probleme

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Female Suicide, Subjectivity and the State in Eighteenth‐Century China

Cited by 4 publications

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Union formation and childbearing among Chinese youth: Trends and socioeconomic differentials

Union formation and childbearing among Chinese youth: Trends and socioeconomic differentials

Is there a Chinese pattern of the second demographic transition?

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