南方农村婚姻家庭变动的代际比较

Generational Comparison of Marriage and Family Changes in Southern Rural Areas

中国农村婚姻家庭深受社会变革的影响,而南方农村在婚姻家庭方面的表现,呈现出与北方和中部地区明显不同的特点。基于对广东80个村庄部分家庭的问卷调查,笔者从初婚年龄、婚姻圈、婚姻媒介、婚后居住方式以及夫妻关系和养老安排等方面,探讨了不同代际之间婚姻家庭变动情况。研究表明,不同代际间的婚姻家庭情况差异明显,在当代中国南方农村,虽然面临着社会变革的挑战,但其婚姻家庭对传统仍然有相当多的保留,其变动表现出更多的迟缓性。

China＇s rural marriage and family are deeply influenced by social transformation, and the south rural marriage and family showing obvious differences from the north and central regions. The paper surveys some fam- ilies from 80 villages of Guangdong province, and investigates intergenerational changes of marriage and family from the aspects of first marriage age, marriage circle, marital medium, marriage life styles , conjugal relationship and pension arrangements. The study shows that marriage and family differences are obvious in different generations, in the contemporary southern of China, while facing the challenges of social changes, but indicate more sluggish during the social transformation.