Abstract：
A crucial component of comprehending societal change is understanding how sexual attitudes have evolved over time. The substantial and typical changes in China have created an ideal quasi-experimental design and a wealth of empirical data for tracking the evolution of sexual attitudes. However, existing research has failed to adequately analyze the temporal trends in Chinese sexual attitudes. This study employed an age-period-cohort framework to investigate changes in public sexual attitudes, including premarital sex, extramarital sex, and homosexuality. And it further delved into these attitudes in light of two unique aspects of Chinese society: urban-rural divide and political status. It explored the contributing elements and potential processes of changing public sexual attitudes in China using data from seven waves of national social survey conducted from 2010 to 2021. The findings indicated that public sexual attitudes became more conservative with age; the period effect exhibited a fluctuating upward trend, indicating a general increase in acceptance of the three sexual attitudes; notable differences in sexual attitudes among cohorts were identified. The divergence in sexual attitudes was significantly influenced by urban-rural divide and political status.
摘要：
理解社会变革的一个关键组成部分是理解性态度是如何随着时间的推移而演变的。中国的实质性和典型变化创造了一个理想的准实验设计和丰富的经验数据，用于跟踪性态度的演变。然而,现有研究未能充分分析中国人性观念的时间趋势。这项研究采用了年龄-时期-队列框架来调查公共性态度的变化，包括婚前性行为,婚外性,和同性恋。并根据中国社会的两个独特方面：城乡鸿沟和政治地位，进一步深入研究了这些态度。它使用2010年至2021年进行的七波全国社会调查的数据，探讨了改变中国公众性态度的因素和潜在过程。结果表明，公众的性态度随着年龄的增长而变得更加保守；时期效应呈现波动上升趋势，表明对三种性态度的接受度普遍增加；发现队列之间的性态度存在显着差异。性别态度的差异受到城乡鸿沟和政治地位的显着影响。
