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What Dominates the Female Class Identification? Evidence From China
Peng Cheng1, Jing Zhou2, Ping Jiang1
1School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|March 11, 2021
Summary
Gender consciousness and spouse status significantly influence women's class identification. Lifestyle impacts marital status, while maternal influence does not. Improving women's rights and consciousness is key for equality.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Gender Studies
- Social Stratification
Background:
- Advocating for gender equality requires understanding women's psychological identification with class equality.
- Existing research often overlooks the multifaceted factors influencing female class identity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the determinants of female class identification.
- To construct a framework for understanding female class identity based on multiple factors.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) 2015.
- Employed an ordered logit model to analyze factors influencing female class identification.
Main Results:
- Gender consciousness significantly impacts female class identification.
- Lifestyle affects marital status, and spouse status positively influences class identification.
- Maternal intergenerational influence was found to have no significant effect on female class identification.
Conclusions:
- Policy recommendations include strengthening legal protections for women's rights.
- Encouraging female independence, self-improvement, and enhanced class consciousness, particularly among rural women, is crucial.
- Achieving overall improvement in women's class and psychological identification requires a multi-pronged approach.
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