Gift Spending and the Number and Size of Ceremonies (2000–2009, per Occasion).

Source: Authors' gift exchange data from five villages.
Notes: CNY = yuan renminbi (Chinese currency).
[1] The gift books record all the gifts received and the corresponding names of gift givers in different occasions.
[2] The gift sizes have been adjusted to constant 2000 price (RMB) using the rural consumer price index published in China Statistic Yearbook (China National Bureau of Statistics, various issues).