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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Chin Sociol Rev. 2011;44(1):71–103. doi: 10.2753/csa2162-0555440105

Table 3.

Correlations in descent group and descent group branch rankings within district and village by proportion of adult males holding an official position, 1800–1911

Rankings within Districts Rankings within Villages
1800–
1824
1825–
1849
1850–
1874
1875–
1899
1900–
1911
1800–
1824
1825–
1849
1850–
1874
1875–
1899
1900–
1911

Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
Corr.
N
By descent group

1800–1824 1.00 1.00
788 359
1825–1849 0.69 1.00 0.67 1.00
733 751 269 342
1850–1874 0.52 0.70 1.00 0.50 0.69 1.00
681 693 722 249 266 362
1875–1899 0.47 0.53 0.66 1.00 0.46 0.59 0.66 1.00
610 615 639 650 197 197 232 273
1900–1911 0.38 0.38 0.46 0.56 1.00 0.47 0.44 0.46 0.54 1.00
562 565 583 578 629 147 157 169 143 237
By descent group branch

1800–1824 1.00 1.00
8044 4286
1825–1849 0.59 1.00 0.57 1.00
6327 6945 2974 3859
1850–1874 0.34 0.64 1.00 0.33 0.66 1.00
5053 5528 6601 2242 2769 3702
1875–1899 0.27 0.39 0.59 1.00 0.23 0.39 0.62 1.00
4089 4361 5235 5557 1616 1833 2191 2493
1900–1911 0.25 0.31 0.37 0.49 1.00 0.22 0.31 0.39 0.53 1.00
3483 3691 4294 4385 6279 1046 1165 1364 1238 2524

Correlations based on field ranks computed for descent groups and descent group branches within districts and villages and then normalized by dividing by total numbers of descent groups or descent group branches within the district or village.