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The Impact of Relative Conjugal Resources and Emotional Relationships on Marital Violence in RuralUrban Migrants’ Families: From a Gender Perspective

Author 1:Li Chenghua, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Author 2:Jin Xiaoyi,Institute of Population and Development, School of Public Policy and Management,Xi’an Jiaotong University.   

  1. Author 1:Li Chenghua, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Author 2:Jin Xiaoyi,Institute of Population and Development, School of Public Policy and Management,Xi’an Jiaotong University.
  • Online:2012-01-20 Published:2012-01-20
  • Contact: Li Chenghua, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University. E-mail:lichenghua.sd@163.com;
  • About author:Author 1:Li Chenghua, School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University; Author 2:Jin Xiaoyi,Institute of Population and Development, School of Public Policy and Management,Xi’an Jiaotong University.
  • Supported by:

    **本研究部分受国家社会科学基金(08&ZD048,09BRK009)、教育部“长江学者和创新团队发展计划”(IRT0855)、教育部新世纪人才支持计划(NCET-07-0668)、教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金、霍英东教育基金会(121093)和“985工程”重点项目的资助。[This research was co-funded by the National Social Science  Found (08&ZD048,09BRK009), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(IRT0855), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-07-0668),Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,Fok YingTong Education Foundation(121093), and “985 Project” funded by Ministry of Education of China.]《社会》杂志编委和匿名审稿人对文章提出了宝贵的意见与建议,在此诚致谢意。

Abstract:

With rapid urbanization in China, the changes in the economic power structure and emotional relationships between the married couples of ruralurban migrants will affect the risk of marital violence. This article takes the gender perspective and puts forward an integrated analysis framework to examine quantitatively the impact of relative conjugal resources and emotional relationships on marital violence (physical violence and cold violence) and gender differences. The results show that marital violence is common in ruralurban migrants’ families, with cold violence being its main pattern and women perpetrating marital violence more than men. Both relative conjugal resources and emotional relationships have significant effects on marital violence, with the first variable affecting men more than women and the second variable affecting women more than men.

Key words:  conjugal emotional relationships,  , gender,  , marital violence,  , relative conjugal resources, ,   rural-urban migrants