结婚是否一定要买房？——住房影响婚姻决策的机制探究

    摘要

    本文主要关注住房与青年婚姻决策之间的关系。运用2013年底对北京5000名青年的调查数据，通过数据交叉分析，从主观和客观两个方面对住房作用于婚姻决策的机制进行了探究。结果显示，客观上，住房通过影响个人的经济社会地位进而影响婚姻决策；主观上，住房对于男女青年的婚姻决策具有重要影响。此外，女性青年的住房观念随着学历增长出现了分化，“重视住房”和“不一定买房”两种观念并存。在此基础上，本文进一步提出了对于当下婚姻与住房观念的反思。

    关键词：住房 分层 婚姻 决策

    Abstract

    This paper focuses on the relationship between housing problem and marital decisions of youth. Based on data of a survey on 5000 youth living in Beijing in 2013，this paper explores the subjective and objective mechanisms of how housing affecting marital decisions. The research finds out that in an objective sense，housing would affect marital decisions by influencing one’s economic and social status；while in a subjective sense，housing carries significance in making marital decisions for young people，but young women’s opinions of obtaining housing will diversify while they become more educated，valuing housing on the one hand and be flexible on making a purchase on housing on the other.

    Keywords：Housing  Stratification  Marital  Decisions

    作者简介

    颜洛阳，中国人民大学社会与人口学院。