Table 2.

Multinomial logistic regression of hukou intermarriage types.

Sources: 2003, 2006, and 2008 Chinese General Social Survey, 1990 1 percent census data and 2000 0.95 per thousand census data, and 1989–2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey.

	Rural Wife + Urban Husband Versus Homogamy		Rural Husband + Urban Wife Versus Homogamy
Variable	Odds Ratio	SE	Odds Ratio	SE
Constant	0.40	0.38	0.67	0.79
Marriage Cohort
1990–1994 (omitted)	–	–	–	–
1995–1999	1.16	0.15	1.23	0.20
2000–2008	1.04	0.19	2.00	0.43**
Husband's Education
Primary School or Less (omitted)	–	–	–	–
Junior High School	1.34	0.31	1.92	0.65
Senior High School	1.78	0.43*	1.91	0.66
College or More	1.27	0.34	2.84	1.04**
Wife's Education
Primary School or Less (omitted)	–	–	–	–
Junior High School	0.84	0.15	1.58	0.47
Senior High School	0.67	0.13*	2.01	0.62*
College or More	0.78	0.19	2.22	0.77*
GDP Per Capita (Log)	0.83	0.09	0.69	0.09**
Urban-Rural Income Gapa	14.07	3.27***	0.74	0.22
N	4790
−2 Log Likelihood	418.9
Model Chi-square (df)	276.77 (20)

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.

^aUrban-Rural Income Gap=|log(median husband’s income by husband’s hukou)-log(median wife’s income by wife’s hukou)|.