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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2013 Dec 1;0:141–157. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.11.005

Figure 4. Relative Prevalence of Hypergamy to Hypogamy, 1960-2005.

Figure 4

Note: As shown are ratios of age hypergamy (percent couples with husband-minus-wife age gap larger than three years) to hypogamy (percent couples with husband-minus-wife age gap smaller than zero) for each marraige cohort of 1960-2005.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, China 2005 1% Population Inter-census Survey.