孩子的性别是否影响父母的性别角色态度——家本位文化下的检验

Dose Children's Gender Affect Parents' Attitudes Toward Gender?——An Analysis in the Context of Family-Oriented Culture

孩子的性别是否影响父母的性别角色态度?在考虑因性别偏好造成的内生性问题前提下,为提升研究结论的稳健性和可信程度,该研究基于CGSS2013和CGSS2015的数据,在使用倾向值匹配方法的基础上进行多元线性回归,发现孩子的性别并不会对父母的性别角色态度产生显著的作用。相比而言,更有可能的是父母的性别观念会对孩子的性别构成产生驱动作用,性别偏好指导着人们的生育实践。该研究从家本位文化角度对这一发现进行了解释,也为后续研究和性别平等实践提供了启发。

Dose children’s sex affect parents’ attitudes toward gender role? To answer this question with robust reliable conclusions, the paper analyzes the data from CGSS2013 and CGSS2015 by adopting a multiple OLS regression model with the help of propensity value matching method and the control of endogeneity problem caused by gender preference. The findings show that children’s gender has no significant impact on their parents’ attitudes toward gender both in the rural and urban areas. On the contrary, the parents’ attitudes to gender role are more likely to influence on children’s gender structure, which means people’s gender preference guides their reproductive behavior. The findings can be explained in the perspective of family-oriented culture.