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China families and marriage
Title: China families and marriage
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 619 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
China families and marriage
China
Families and Marriage
Urban families differ from their rural counterparts primarily in being composed largely of wage earners who look to their work units for the housing, old-age security, and opportunities for a better life that in the countryside are still the responsibility of the family. With the exception of those employed in the recently revived urban service sector (restaurants, tailoring, or repair shops) who sometimes operate family businesses, urban families do not combine …showed first 75 words of 619 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 619 total…groom than distant kin or associates of the parents. The wedding ceremony focuses on the bride and groom as a couple rather than on their status as members of families. Similarly, a brief honeymoon trip rather than a three-day celebration in which the entire village plays a part is an increasingly common practice. Long engagements are common in cities, sometimes because the couple is waiting for housing to become available.
Data as of July 1987
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