Author(s)

Jiaheng Han, Qingyuan Fan, Junyi Liu

Corresponding Author

Jiaheng Han

ABSTRACT

With the emergence of the "single-parent" social phenomenon, an augmenting number of studies have been carried out on marriage issues. However, few articles focused on the empirical study of the “single-parents” or " two-parent " effect on family education expenditure. Based on data from the China Comprehensive Social Survey in 2015 (CGSS2015), this study examines the impact of the marital status of householders on it. The results of the study are as follows: Firstly, there are differences in education expenditure between "single-parent" and " Two-parent " families. The education expenditure of " two-parent " family is significantly lower than that of “single-parents”. The education expenditure of the middle-aged householders in " two-parent " family is significantly higher than that of the middle-aged householder in “single-parents” family; the education expenditure of the young householder in " two-parent " family is lower than that of the young householder in “single-parents” family, which offsets that of the young householder in " two-parent " family. The investment in education is higher than the expenditure on education of the young householders in “single-parents” family, which leads to the fact that the expenditure on family education of the young householder in " two-parent " family is still higher than that of the young householder in “single-parents” family. Second, the expenditure on family education of the level of education of the householder is greater than of the young householder in “single-parents” family. There is a promotive effect whether the whole sample or the sub-sample, the conclusion is very consistent: holding other variables constant, the education acquisition of the householder has a significant positive correlation with the total expenditure on education of the children (logarithm), and the householder with more education acquisition generally pays more attention to the education of the next generation and they spend more on the education of the child.

KEYWORDS

"Two-parent" or “Single-parents” effect, family education expenditure, correlation analysis, variance inflation factor, multiple regression