"Social clock" generally refers to a prescriptive schedule composed of major life events. If the pace of an individual's life lags behind the timeline set by society, this "jet lag" is easy to make people feel anxious.
A survey of 2001,65 young people released by the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily (wenjuan.com) showed that 5.5% of the interviewed young people felt that they had been pushed by the "social clock" A recent graduate of Capital Normal University, is still looking for a job.