Bride-price refers to the money or goods given to a bride's family by the groom or his family, while bride-dowry serves as a gift from the bride’s family to the groom’s family.
Among a total of 1,096 survey respondents, 38.7 percent were men and 61.3 percent were women. Among them, 2.4 percent were born after 2005, 18.7 percent between 2000 and 2004, 47.8 percent between 1995 and 1999, 25.5 percent between 1990 and 1994, 4.9 percent between 1985 and 1989, and 0.7 percent were born before 1985.Â
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Attitudes to bride-price and bride-dowry in China 2025
A survey conducted in 2025 shows that most young people in China considered both bride-price and bride-dowry necessary for a marriage. In the opinion of around ** percent of respondents, the bride-price given to a bride's family and the bride-dowry given to the groom's family should be of similar value. Meanwhile, **** percent of respondents said the bride-price should be of higher value than bride-dowry.
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36Kr, Opinions of young people on bride-price and bride-dowry in China as of February 2025 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1559464/china-opinions-on-bride-price-and-bride-dowry/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Opinions of young people on bride-price and bride-dowry in China as of February 2025 [Graph], 36Kr, February 21, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1559464/china-opinions-on-bride-price-and-bride-dowry/
