Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)

Relationship Between the Internet and Marital Decision

Authors
Junyi Guo
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Junyi Guo
Available Online 16 December 2020.
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
16 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201214.505
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201214.505How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
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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