In China, Young Women Are Now More Educated Than Their Spouses

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Chinese women born after 1990 have on average a higher education level than their husbands, a new study has found. Chinese women born after 1990 have on average a higher education level than their husbands, a dramatic reversal compared with previous generations, a new study has found. The research also found that the shift in couples’ relative education levels has impacted family planning decisions, with women who are more educated than their spouse being statistically less likely to have more than one child. The paper by Qing Shisong, director of East China Normal University’s Population Research Institute, was originally published in February but went viral on Chinese social media last week after domestic media outlet The Paper reported its findings. Qing’s project analyzed detailed data on over 12,000 married couples born between 1950 and 1994 taken from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), an annual national survey of Chinese households conducted by Peking University. The d ………………………………