Relationship Between the Internet and Marital Decision

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201214.505How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Internet, online dating, marital decision, intergeneration

Abstract

In the digital era, the Internet has transformed the way of living, from daily communication and consumption to entertainment and work. But most importantly, it alters the traditional way and attitude toward marriage in public. To probe how Internet penetration influences marriage in China, the paper concentrates on the effects of the Internet on online dating and intergenerational differences towards the marital decision. Using the data gathered from NBS, CNNIC, and ACWF, the paper analyzes the results and provides main explanations. The findings show a positive correlation between the Internet usage and online dating as well as the first marriage age. Besides, according to the research results, there is difference of Internet reliance, city selection, premarital relationships between different generations.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junyi Guo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - Relationship Between the Internet and Marital Decision
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 265
EP  - 271
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201214.505
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.505
ID  - Guo2020
ER  -