关键词: 再婚, 婚姻匹配, 异质婚, 教育匹配, 年龄匹配

Abstract: In recent years, the Chinese marriage market has witnessed emerging trends of high divorce rates and an increasing number of divorces. Remarriage, as a personal choice for divorced adults, has become an increasingly significant marital status that cannot be overlooked. Based on the theoretical framework of assortative mating that incorporates preferences and opportunity structures, this study explores the logic of assortative mating in remarriage in China. By merging eight waves of data that meets research requirements from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) between 2006 and 2021 and the 2010 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data, this paper investigates the matching characteristics and group differences in age and educational assortative mating in remarriage compared to first marriage. The findings indicate that age and educational heterogamy are the dominant patterns in remarriage, with gender differences in age assortative mating being significantly greater than those in educational assortative mating. The “older husband-younger wife” marriage pattern overwhelmingly dominates all remarriage age assortative mating patterns among men, and this advantage strengthens as men's remarriage age increases. The increased educational heterogeneity in remarriage is reflected in both men and women partnering with those of lower educational levels. However, the impact of educational level on educational assortative mating in remarriage varies by gender.

Keywords: Remarriage, Assortative Mating, Heterogamy, Educational Assortative Mating, Age Assortative Mating