Table 3.

Logistic regressions of whether wives had the final say over financial decisions (N = 2,369)

Predictor	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	B (SE B)	B (SE B)	B (SE B)
Wife’s father’s education – husband’s father’s education (in percentile score/100)	0.51* (0.21)		0.49* (0.21)
(Wife’s father’s education + husband’s fathers’ education)/2 (in percentile score/100)	0.08 (0.33)		0.11 (0.34)
Wife’s education – husband’s education (in percentile score/100)		0.83*** (0.25)	0.80** (0.25)
(Wife’s education + husband’s education)/2 (in percentile score/100)		–0.11 (0.38)	–0.16 (0.38)
Wife’s income share spline
50% or less	0.85	0.84	0.83
	(0.62)	(0.63)	(0.63)
More than 50%	–0.61	–0.51	–0.54
	(0.73)	(0.73)	(0.73)
Couple’s total income in 10,000 yuan	0.07*	0.07*	0.07*
	(0.03)	(0.03)	(0.03)
Couple’s occupation (ref. = neither partner in a professional job)
Only wife is in a professional job	0.32	0.27	0.24
	(0.31)	(0.32)	(0.32)
Only husband is in a professional job	0.13	0.20	0.18
	(0.24)	(0.24)	(0.24)
Both partners are in professional jobs	0.27	0.31	0.30
	(0.47)	(0.49)	(0.48)
Couple’s homeownership (ref. = neither partner is an owner)
Only wife is an owner	1.13	0.99	1.07
	(0.64)	(0.62)	(0.64)
Only husband is an owner	0.07	0.05	0.05
	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)
Both partners are owners	0.18	0.15	0.17
	(0.29)	(0.29)	(0.29)
Couple’s migrant status (ref. = hukou location of both partners is in the same county as the current residence)
Only wife’s hukou location is in a different county	–0.82	–0.95*	–0.89*
	(0.43)	(0.42)	(0.43)
Only husband’s hukou location is in a different county	–1.18*	–1.14	–1.19*
	(0.57)	(0.60)	(0.58)
Both partners’ hukou locations are in a different county	–0.90*	–0.85*	–0.89*
	(0.37)	(0.38)	(0.37)
Couple’s party membership (ref. = neither partner is a party member)
Only wife is a communist party member	0.66	0.63	0.63
	(0.83)	(0.85)	(0.84)
Only husband is a communist party member	–0.41	–0.26	–0.23
	(0.30)	(0.30)	(0.30)
Both partners are communist party members	–1.29	–1.39	–1.38
	(1.08)	(0.95)	(0.97)
Couple’s parents’ occupationa (ref. = neither partner has parents in professional jobs)
Only wife has at least one parent with a professional job	0.03	0.13	0.02
	(0.29)	(0.28)	(0.29)
Only husband has at least one parent with a professional job	–0.46	–0.51	–0.44
	(0.29)	(0.28)	(0.29)
Both partners have at least one parent with a professional job	0.91*	0.94*	0.93*
	(0.45)	(0.45)	(0.45)
Couple’s parents’ party membershipa (ref. = neither partner has parents who are party members)
Only wife has at least one parent who is a party member	–0.07	–0.02	–0.08
	(0.26)	(0.25)	(0.26)
Only husband has at least one parent who is a party member	0.19	0.17	0.20
	(0.24)	(0.24)	(0.24)
Both partners have at least one parent who is a party member	–0.14	–0.13	–0.10
	(0.53)	(0.55)	(0.54)
Living arrangements of wife’s parents (ref. = both were deceased)
Either parent of the wife lives in the household	0.88*	0.85*	0.82
	(0.43)	(0.43)	(0.43)
Either parent of the wife is alive but neither lives in the household	0.33	0.36	0.34
	(0.29)	(0.29)	(0.29)
Living arrangements of husband’s parents (ref. = both were deceased)
Either parent of the husband lives in the same household	–0.16	–0.12	–0.13
	(0.24)	(0.25)	(0.25)
Either parent of the husband is alive but neither lives in the household	0.41	0.42	0.43
	(0.23)	(0.23)	(0.23)
Wife’s dowryb	0.22	0.19	0.20
	(0.14)	(0.14)	(0.14)
Wife’s housework hours	0.01	0.02	0.02
	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.04)
Husband’s housework hours	0.03	0.02	0.03
	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.05)
Wife’s age	0.06***	0.07***	0.07***
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Wife’s age – husband’s age	–0.03	–0.04	–0.04
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Mean age of wife’s parents when wife was born	0.02	0.02	0.01
	(0.02)	(0.02)	(0.02)
Mean age of wife’s parents when wife was born – mean age of husbands’ parents when wife was born	–0.01	–0.01	–0.01
	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Either wife or husband is an ethnic minority	–0.24	–0.21	–0.22
	(0.21)	(0.20)	(0.20)
First marriage for both partners	0.49	0.63	0.57
	(0.42)	(0.43)	(0.42)
Number of children in the household	0.13	0.11	0.12
	(0.07)	(0.08)	(0.08)
The household is in an urban area	0.02	0.02	0.01
	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)
The household engages in farm work	–0.12	–0.10	–0.12
	(0.16)	(0.16)	(0.16)
The household engages in family business	0.19	0.21	0.21
	(0.20)	(0.20)	(0.20)
Family questionnaire is answered by (ref. = wife)
Husband	–2.03***	–2.00***	–2.01***
	(0.15)	(0.15)	(0.15)
Other	–2.28***	–2.29***	–2.29***
	(0.22)	(0.22)	(0.22)
Region where the household is located (ref. = North)
Northeast	0.60*	0.60*	0.58*
	(0.26)	(0.26)	(0.26)
East	–0.33	–0.30	–0.31
	(0.21)	(0.21)	(0.22)
South Central	–0.70***	–0.67***	–0.69***
	(0.20)	(0.20)	(0.20)
Southwest	–0.28	–0.31	–0.30
	(0.23)	(0.23)	(0.23)
Northwest	–0.34	–0.29	–0.35
	(0.29)	(0.30)	(0.30)
Constant	–2.92**	–3.12***	–3.01**
	(0.93)	(0.93)	(0.93)

Note: Numbers were weighted by survey sampling weights to adjust for sampling design and combined across 50 imputations.

^aEach partner’s parental occupation and party membership were measured by whether his/her parents had professional jobs and party membership when he/she was at the age of 14.

^bDowry was measured as the square root of the real value in 100 yuan.

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001 (two-tailed tests).