Poll: Young women less focused on partners' pay

Perceptions, attitudes evolving as incomes and living standards rise

Changing attitudes mean young Chinese women no longer expect or even prefer their husbands' income to be higher than theirs, and instead are eager for career advancement and financial independence, a survey has found.

A poll of 1,000 women in cities across China found more than 40 percent of those born between 1995 and 1999 said they do not care how much their partner earns. For women born between 1990 and 1994, it was 33 percent.