Abstract: Using the data from the Survey of Rural Family Marriage Status, the relationship between the perceived marriage squeeze, quality of life and pension concern among unmarried rural men was analyzed. The study found that the perceived marriage squeeze had significant negative effects on the quality of life of unmarried rural men, but the perceived marriage squeeze had significant positive effects on the pension concern. However, the quality of life had significant negative effects on the pension concern of unmarried rural men. The mediated effect analytical results showed that the quality of life played a mediating role in the relationship between the perceived marriage squeeze and pension concern of unmarried rural men. That was to say, the quality of life could buffer the positive effects of perceived marriage squeeze on the pension concern of unmarried rural men.

Key words: pension concern, perceived marriage squeeze, quality of life, unmarried rural men