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July 28, 2026Family Relations

Internet Use, Perceived Spousal Contributions, and Chinese Women's Marital Satisfaction: A Panel Study

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SZShuhuan ZhouYCYuqiao CaoXYXiaokun Yang

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Panel study shows internet use impacts marital satisfaction via perceived spousal contributions among rural women.

Key Points

  • This study investigates the relationship between internet use and marital satisfaction in Chinese married women, emphasizing the role of perceived spousal contributions.
  • Used two-wave panel data from the 2020 and 2022 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS)
  • Employed auto-regressive modeling to analyze the connections between internet use, spousal contributions, and marital satisfaction
  • Focused on the moderating effects by region and work status
  • Internet use predicted lower marital satisfaction through dissatisfaction with spousal housework contributions (effect size not specified)
  • No indirect link found through economic spousal contributions
  • Effects were significant only among rural and unemployed women

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Zhou et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6850eb2845b684d16f00achttps://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70310
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