| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 社會與區域發展學系碩士班 === 101 === In the marriage market, “personal income” is one of the important resources shown in the mate selection and it is also a factor influencing the chance of mate selection process. Chang, Jung-Fu (2009) suggest an “adjustment rule” (modified from South, 1992) in the study of age preference and finds that the selective member, or group, tend to discriminate among the competitive group by setting the thresholds on age and education requirements. The selective group display confidence in the preference of even younger opposite sex, meaning an even lower age allowed. Previous studies identify income level as one main indicator determining the relative advantage in mate selection (Chuang,Jing-Ya 2010; Chang,Jung-Fu, Chuang,Jing-Ya, Chang,Zheng-Xian ,2012); however, they mainly focus on the effects that advantageous income level can have on the mate preference thresholds and the differences in genders. Further research is to be conducted to discuss the effects of income on other mate preference thresholds.
This research uses Chang’s research (2009, 2010) as references, and collects research data from matchmaking websites in China. Within the website database, people holding college degree and living in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are taken as samples. Men and women between the ages of 28-35 are divided into four groups; height, education level, and shapes are also controlled for consistency to rule out their effects on the preference. Test is to observe whether a higher personal income causes systematic adjustments of all other mate preferences. The research shows that both genders and all age groups, with higher personal income, display the tendency to behave the following: (1) higher threshold on the education; and (2) lower age permitted, more notable among the older men and women; and (3) higher ratio of people asking for the photos of the other gender; and (4) men with higher income tend to set higher bar on the height of women, while women tend to raise both higher and lower thresholds in the height requirement. The above results confirm with the reasoning of the adjustment rules.
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