"The chance of getting married will be rare if a man is more than 40 years old in the countryside. They will be more dependent on social security as they age and have fewer household resources to rely on," Wang said.
The study said the key contributing factors to the phenomenon included the nation's family-planning policy, which restricts the number of children citizens may have, as well as an insufficient social security system.
The situation influenced people to seek male offspring, who are preferred for their greater earning potential as adults and thus their ability to care for their elderly parents.
The irony is that the parents may have aborted females to have a son to take care of them in old age, but in doing so may have destined their sons to the fate they avoided. They will probably be the future members of TERbB starting threads complaining about being single, 40 year old virgins.
The study said the key contributing factors to the phenomenon included the nation's family-planning policy, which restricts the number of children citizens may have, as well as an insufficient social security system.
The situation influenced people to seek male offspring, who are preferred for their greater earning potential as adults and thus their ability to care for their elderly parents.
The irony is that the parents may have aborted females to have a son to take care of them in old age, but in doing so may have destined their sons to the fate they avoided. They will probably be the future members of TERbB starting threads complaining about being single, 40 year old virgins.
