Additionally, the age difference between partners appears to influence bargaining power (Mabsout and Van Staveren, 2010). This is because age confers authority especially in many cultures like China where elders are respected (Yue and Ng, 1999). There is also some evidence in the case of China that increases in age gaps tend to lower the likelihood that women will have a dominant role in household decision-making (Poston, Yang and Farris, 2013).