Abstract: How women construct their subjective class identity has attracted extensive attention.However,the discussion of the multiple constructed model of women's class identity in existing studies lacks of depth,nor is there an analysis of the generational changes of the model.This study aims to answer two important questions against the backdrop of a society in transition:first,which is the most dominant factor in shaping married women's subjective class identity,the class of their own,their husbands',or their fathers'?Answers to this question reveal the impacts of assortative mating and intergenerational mobility.Second,how does the multiple construction pattern change across birth cohorts?The cohort dynamics help reflect the evolution of gender roles and family values in China.Using the pooled data from the Chinese General Social Survey in 2010-2017 and the Diagonal Reference Models,our study finds that in general Chinese married women tend to construct their own class identity based on the objective class of their husbands,but this trend is reversed in the younger cohorts.Fathers'objective class status carries roughly the same weight as women's own,but its impact becomes moderately stronger in younger cohorts.Taken together,the above findings reveal a special pathway of family modernization in transitional China,that is,married women,although increasingly independent of their spouses,still maintain closely connected with their natal families.

Key words: subjective class identity, women, social transition, cohort dynamics, Diagonal Reference Models