Women are looking for security

BEIJING - About 70 percent of Chinese women expect their future husbands to have a home and a steady income as two preconditions for saying "I do", according to a survey released on Wednesday.

A majority of the men polled said they would get married when they have secured a stable income, according to a survey jointly conducted by the Chinese Association of Marriage and Family Studies, a committee of matchmaking service industries under the China Association of Social Workers, and Baihe.com, a major matchmaking website.

However, only 48 percent of the male respondents agreed that a home is an essential prerequisite for marriage.