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

摘要： 近年来，中国婚姻市场出现高离婚率与离婚人数不断增多的新现象，再婚作为离婚后的一种个人选择，愈发成为不可忽视的婚姻形态。基于婚姻匹配的个体择偶偏好及机会结构的理论框架，探索中国再婚匹配的逻辑，并通过合并2006~2021年间符合研究需求的8期中国综合社会调查(CGSS)和2010年中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)数据，探究与初婚相比，再婚年龄匹配及教育匹配的特征及群体间差异。研究发现，再婚中年龄及教育异质婚成为主流模式，再婚年龄匹配模式的性别差异显著大于再婚教育匹配；男性“老夫少妻婚”在所有再婚年龄匹配模式中占据压倒性优势，且这种优势随着男性再婚年龄的增长而增强；再婚教育匹配异质性的提升体现在男性和女性均需向下兼容配偶的受教育水平，但受教育水平对再婚教育匹配模式的影响存在性别差异。

关键词: 再婚, 婚姻匹配, 异质婚, 教育匹配, 年龄匹配