农村妇女对子女的效用预期与其男孩偏好的关系

摘要

Using the sampling survey data made by Renmin University of China in 2010,the paper conducted a quantitative analysis of women＇s expectation on children and gender differences in rural China from the perspective of financial support,elderly care and culture,and analyzed the relationship between the expectation gender differences and the strong gender preference.The conclusions are： The expectation of women on children are very low in financial support and living together because of the economic and social development and population floating,but are still high in elderly care,maintenance responsibilities and continue the family line;People＇s expectations on boys and girls have different emphases,which still reflects the traditional gender cognition;The correlation between the people＇s expectations and preference towards children with different gender is significantly positive,particularly in the aspects of expectation on elderly care,maintenance responsibilities and continue the family line,financial support is no longer the important reason of gender preference.%文章利用中国人民大学2010年相关调查数据从经济、照料和文化三个方面分析了我国农村地区妇女对孩子未来效用的总体预期和分性别预期,以及这种预期效用的性别差异与人们的强性别偏好之间的关系,并得出以下结论：随着经济社会的发展和人口流动的频繁,人们目前对子代的养老效用预期在经济和居住方面已经很低,但在生病照料和赡养、传宗接代方面期望依然很高;人们对男孩和女孩的预期各有侧重,依然体现了传统的＂男主外,女主内＂的性别认知;人们对孩子效用预期的性别差异与人们的性别偏好呈显著正相关,尤其体现在老年照料、赡养责任和传宗接代等方面,代际经济支持已经不再是影响人们男孩偏好的重要原因。