| With intergenerational inheritance of population movement,since the large proportion of the new-generation floating population are unmarried and in their ages for relationship and marriage.Marriage matching is the result of social choice,thus trans-regional marriages reflect the social relationship among populations related by marriage and corresponding changes.In light of this,taking stratum matching of trans-regional marriage population in Shanghai as the entry point,the author addresses the problem of stratum circle of marriage among floating population,and further,probes into and interprets the urban-rural relationship and the social distance between non-local and local populations.Based on the questionnaire survey data of the NSFC(National Natural Science Foundation of China)project,Geographical Patterns of Urban-rural Intermarriage and its Spatial Interaction Mechanism,the phenomenon of trans-regional marriage with Shanghai as one side is analyzed from the perspectives of static stratum structure and dynamic social movement,to expound the urban-rural relationship and the relationship between urban citizens and non-local population,and further interpret the inherent logical relationship between social stratum structure and marriage matching,thus to have a thorough understanding of the changing trend and process of China's current social structure.To explore the type,characteristics and mechanism of stratum matching pattern in trans-regional marriages,the study is carried out from the following aspects.Firstly,the research problem is put forward.Based on the research background of the topic,the necessity and significance of studying on the phenomenon of trans-regional marriage are set forth.Through literature summary,it is discovered that,analyses of trans-regional marriages from the perspective of social stratum are rarely seen,thus the author tries to probe into trans-regional marriages from two dimensions of social stratum:the first is that,analyzing trans-regional marriage matching from the perspective of static stratum structure,changes in the proportion of trans-regional marriages may reflect the change of stratum relationship between Shanghai side and non-local side,and the change of relationship between urban and rural structures;while proportions of intra-stratum marriage and inter-stratum marriage are the reflection of the relationship among populations at different stratums.The second is that,analyzing the stratum matching model of trans-regional marriage from the perspective of dynamic social movement,trans-regional marriage population in Shanghai fall into intra-stratum marriage model and inter-stratum marriage model,the latter of which is a tool and approach of social movement.Secondly,empirical analysis and comprehensive analysis.On one hand,through summarizing the historical evolution of trans-regional marriages in Shanghai and based on data of trans-regional marriages and local marriage in Shanghai,the differences in stratum circle of marriage between trans-regional marriages and local marriages were compared to discuss factors that are influential to the stratum circle of trans-regional marriages in Shanghai.On the other hand,vocational stratum circle of trans-regional marriages in Shanghai is analyzed based on four dimensions including residential stratum,vocational stratum,economic stratum and educational stratum,in order to further compare the differences among stratum circles of marriage in different sub-groups of trans-regional marriage population in Shanghai,and that between inter-stratum marriages and intra-stratum marriages,thus to explore the social significances of inter-stratum marriages and intra-stratum marriages.Finally,the model of stratum circle of trans-regional marriages in Shanghai is established,to analyze the influences of ascribed and acquired resources and other variables on the stratum circle of trans-regional marriages.Through researches and analyses,the following points are concluded:First,seen from residential stratum matching,trans-regional marriages in Shanghai are mainly inter-stratum marriage matching,namely,matches from same residential type are the primary choice of trans-regional marriage population in Shanghai.Urban-rural marriage is a kind of intra-stratum marriage,but not the primary matching choice of trans-regional marriage population in Shanghai.Second,provided that stratum matching of trans-regional marriage is analyzed from the perspectives of vocation,economy and education,the proportion of intra-stratum marriage in trans-regional marriage population in Shanghai is higher than that of inter-stratum marriage,and mainly follows the principle of gradient exchange,reflecting the integration of social relationship between non-local and local populations,and the openness of social structure.Third,Mating follow similar matching principlein the class is both the result of the homogenous resources exchange,and mating follow the principle of heterogeneous matching across class is the result of the heterogeneous type resources gradient exchange.Fourth,the rule of boundary permeability between marriage matching stratums:within intra-stratum trans-regional marriages in Shanghai,the proportion of marriage between adjacent stratums is relatively low,while with the "span" getting larger,the proportion of intra-stratum marriages would decrease consequently.As stratum gap between spouses of trans-regional marriages in Shanghai gets bigger,a marriage will be less possible.Fifth,"the principle of marriage matching distance" indicates that,if the distances of age,culture,regional space,psychology and social status between the man and the woman are within appropriate scopes,they will be attracted to each other,thus the probability of a marriage will get higher.Sixth,spouse selection of trans-regional marriages in Shanghai is both inclusive and exclusive in respect of geographical spaces,and selections in respect of geographical space and cultural space are highly overlapping.Actually,geographical space selection is a result of cultural space and social space selections.Seventh,among trans-regional marriages in Shanghai,selection of marriage matches has formed the pattern of cultural difference sequence,indicating that the cultural area sequence of daughter-in-laws in Shanghai is"Central China-East China-North China-Southwest China-Northeast China and Inner Mongolia-South China-Northwest China".Eighth,ascribed and acquired resources exert different influences on the stratum circle of marriage trans-regional marriages in shanghai.In addition,ascribed and acquired resources also play different roles in stratum circle of marriage from different aspects.The different influences of different resource factors show that,Shanghai side and non-local side have different requirements for match selection,and that a trans-regional marriage in Shanghai is the result of resource exchange between two sides.Contributions of this research are mainly manifested in:Firstly,views and fields of researches are expanded.Previously,marriage matching studies mainly focused on the regional scope,cultural space and group scope of marriage populations,yet this research probes into the stratum circle of trans-regional marriages,and interprets stratum structure matching model and changing rules of trans-regional marriages.Secondly,marriage matching is a result of concerted action of geographical distance,cultural distance and social distance between two sides,thus within a certain scope of distance,trans-regional marriage populations will be attracted to each other and establish a marriage. |
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