Table 4.
Men’s marriage expenses
| Men marrying out- of-province wives |
Men marrying local wives with difficulty |
Men marrying local wives smoothly |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| (20) | (63) | (121) | |
| Marriage expense | |||
| Total expense (yuan) | 2,6770 | 33,848 | 45,847 |
| New house (yuan) | 8,325 | 17,394 | 25,185 |
| Bride price (yuan) | 7,010 | 6,066 | 6,844 |