TABLE 2.
Socio-Demographic Profiles of Children from Households with and without Emigrants in Fujian Province by School Enrollment Status, 1995 (Row Percentages)
| Variables | Children of emigrants |
Children of non-emigrants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolled (%) | Not enrolled (%) | Enrolled (%) | Not enrolled (%) | |
| Total | 91.1 | 8.9 | 85.0 | 15.0 |
| Gender | ||||
| Boy | 90.8 | 9.2 | 87.6 | 12.4 |
| Girl | 91.5 | 8.5 | 82.3 | 17.7 |
| Age | ||||
| 6–9 | 84.4 | 15.6 | 79.1 | 20.9 |
| 10–12 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 97.4 | 2.6 |
| 13–15 | 94.7 | 5.3 | 80.8 | 19.2 |
| Educational attainment of household head | ||||
| No formal education | 94.4 | 5.6 | 81.1 | 18.9 |
| Elementary school | 91.5 | 8.5 | 84.1 | 15.9 |
| Junior high school | 89.4 | 10.6 | 86.1 | 13.9 |
| High school | 91.9 | 8.1 | 90.4 | 9.6 |
| Some college+ | 100.0 | 0.0 | 88.6 | 11.5 |
| Place of origin | ||||
| City | 92.9 | 7.1 | 90.5 | 9.5 |
| Town | 92.5 | 7.6 | 88.4 | 11.6 |
| Rural | 90.5 | 9.5 | 84.0 | 16.0 |
| Number of children ages 6–15 in household | ||||
| 1 | 85.3 | 14.7 | 79.8 | 20.3 |
| 2 | 95.0 | 5.0 | 87.5 | 12.5 |
| 3 | 93.1 | 6.9 | 86.7 | 13.3 |
| 4+ | 86.7 | 13.3 | 84.3 | 15.7 |
| Housing area (sq-meter) | ||||
| Up to 50 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 82.9 | 17.1 |
| 50–100 | 86.5 | 13.5 | 84.5 | 15.5 |
| 100–150 | 96.4 | 3.6 | 87.0 | 13.0 |
| 150+ | 93.8 | 6.3 | 87.6 | 12.4 |
| Number of rooms in house | ||||
| 1 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 81.2 | 18.8 |
| 2 | 89.1 | 10.9 | 84.6 | 15.4 |
| 3 | 95.0 | 5.0 | 85.5 | 14.5 |
| 4 | 90.5 | 9.5 | 86.7 | 13.3 |
| 5+ | 97.0 | 3.0 | 87.9 | 12.1 |
| Number of observations | 246 | 24 | 34,432 | 6,075 |
Source: The 1995 China 1% Population Sample Survey