Trend analysis of marital satisfaction of mainland Chinese couples in the past 20 years

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2024.00895

Abstract

HOU Juan, JIA Keke, FANG Xiaoyi. (2024). Trend analysis of marital satisfaction of mainland Chinese couples in the past 20 years. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 56(7), 895-910.

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Index class	Index name	current year		1 year ago		3 years ago		5 years ago
Index class	Index name	β	R2	β	R2	β	R2	β	R2
Economic development	Proportion of urban population	0.49^*	0.24	0.49^*	0.24	0.49^*	0.24	0.48^*	0.23
Economic development	Internet penetration	0.42	0.17	0.55^*	0.31	0.52^*	0.27	0.44	0.20
People's livelihood	Engel coefficient	?0.52^*	0.27	?0.53^*	0.28	?0.43	0.18	?0.45^*	0.20
People's livelihood	Family size	?0.59^**	0.35	?0.64^**	0.41	?0.20	0.04	?0.51^*	0.26
Democratic legal system	The number of deaths in traffic accidents	?0.36	0.13	?0.37	0.14	?0.44	0.19	?0.42	0.17
Marital development	Number of mental disorders detected in premarital examinations	0.65^**	0.42	0.27	0.07	0.33	0.11	0.08	0.01
	Marriage rate	0.20	0.04	0.34	0.11	0.50^*	0.25	0.41	0.17
	Divorce rate	0.48^*	0.23	0.49^*	0.24	0.46^*	0.21	0.49^*	0.24
Family stress	Child dependency ratio	?0.45^*	0.20	?0.54^*	0.30	?0.46^*	0.21	?0.47^*	0.22
Family stress	Unemployment rate	?0.08	0.01	0.14	0.02	0.27	0.08	0.33	0.11

Index class	Index name	current year		1 year ago		3 years ago		5 years ago
Index class	Index name	β	R2	β	R2	β	R2	β	R2
Economic development	Proportion of urban population	0.49^*	0.24	0.49^*	0.24	0.49^*	0.24	0.48^*	0.23
Economic development	Internet penetration	0.42	0.17	0.55^*	0.31	0.52^*	0.27	0.44	0.20
People's livelihood	Engel coefficient	?0.52^*	0.27	?0.53^*	0.28	?0.43	0.18	?0.45^*	0.20
People's livelihood	Family size	?0.59^**	0.35	?0.64^**	0.41	?0.20	0.04	?0.51^*	0.26
Democratic legal system	The number of deaths in traffic accidents	?0.36	0.13	?0.37	0.14	?0.44	0.19	?0.42	0.17
Marital development	Number of mental disorders detected in premarital examinations	0.65^**	0.42	0.27	0.07	0.33	0.11	0.08	0.01
	Marriage rate	0.20	0.04	0.34	0.11	0.50^*	0.25	0.41	0.17
	Divorce rate	0.48^*	0.23	0.49^*	0.24	0.46^*	0.21	0.49^*	0.24
Family stress	Child dependency ratio	?0.45^*	0.20	?0.54^*	0.30	?0.46^*	0.21	?0.47^*	0.22
Family stress	Unemployment rate	?0.08	0.01	0.14	0.02	0.27	0.08	0.33	0.11

Index class	Index name	after 1 year		after 3 year		after 5 year
Index class	Index name	β	R2	β	R2	β	R2
Economic development	Proportion of urban population	0.46^*	0.21	0.46	0.21	0.52^*	0.27
Economic development	Internet penetration	0.39	0.15	0.38	0.14	0.44	0.19
People's livelihood	Engel coefficient	?0.49^*	0.24	?0.43	0.19	?0.51^*	0.26
People's livelihood	Family size	?0.27	0.08	?0.22	0.05	?0.19	0.03
Democratic legal system	The number of deaths in traffic accidents	?0.40	0.16	?0.23	0.06	?0.22	0.05
Marital development	Number of mental disorders detected in premarital examinations	0.49^*	0.24	0.28	0.08	?0.08	0.01
	Marriage rate	0.05	0.00	?0.16	0.03	?0.39	0.15
	Divorce rate	0.47^*	0.22	0.49^*	0.24	0.49	0.24
Family stress	Child dependency ratio	?0.32	0.10	?0.24	0.06	?0.12	0.01
Family stress	Unemployment rate	0.04	0.00	?0.33	0.11	?0.80^**	0.64

Index class	Index name	after 1 year		after 3 year		after 5 year
Index class	Index name	β	R2	β	R2	β	R2
Economic development	Proportion of urban population	0.46^*	0.21	0.46	0.21	0.52^*	0.27
Economic development	Internet penetration	0.39	0.15	0.38	0.14	0.44	0.19
People's livelihood	Engel coefficient	?0.49^*	0.24	?0.43	0.19	?0.51^*	0.26
People's livelihood	Family size	?0.27	0.08	?0.22	0.05	?0.19	0.03
Democratic legal system	The number of deaths in traffic accidents	?0.40	0.16	?0.23	0.06	?0.22	0.05
Marital development	Number of mental disorders detected in premarital examinations	0.49^*	0.24	0.28	0.08	?0.08	0.01
	Marriage rate	0.05	0.00	?0.16	0.03	?0.39	0.15
	Divorce rate	0.47^*	0.22	0.49^*	0.24	0.49	0.24
Family stress	Child dependency ratio	?0.32	0.10	?0.24	0.06	?0.12	0.01
Family stress	Unemployment rate	0.04	0.00	?0.33	0.11	?0.80^**	0.64

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