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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 4.

Correlations in the Historical and Contemporary Rankings of Descent Group Branches Within Areas (n=36)

Historical Rankings of Descent Group Branches within
Areas		 Contemporary Rankings of
Descent Group Branches within
Areas
Official
Income		 Official
Position		 Exam
titles		 Low
status
boys'
names		 High
status
boys'
names		 Official
position		 Prop. >
12 years
of
education		 Average
years of
education
Historical
Rankings of
Descent Groups
within Areas		 Official position r 0.98
p value 0.00
Exam titles r 0.53 0.48
p value 0.00 0.00
Low status boys' names r −0.19 −0.16 −0.08
p value 0.28 0.34 0.64
High status boys' names r 0.54 0.51 0.34 −0.07
p value 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.70
Contemporary
Rankings of
Descent Group
Branches within
Areas		 Official position r 0.40 0.40 0.34 0.15 0.24
p value 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.39 0.17
Prop. > 12 years of education r 0.23 0.19 0.47 0.10 0.17 0.40
p value 0.18 0.27 0.00 0.57 0.31 0.02
Average years of education r 0.23 0.21 0.30 −0.05 0.23 0.29 0.50
p value 0.18 0.21 0.07 0.78 0.18 0.09 0.00
Prestige position r 0.14 0.10 0.22 −0.17 0.34 0.03 0.20 0.58
p value 0.43 0.58 0.19 0.33 0.04 0.85 0.23 0.00

Aggregate characteristics of contemporary descent group branches are calculated from observations in households that could be assigned to a descent group branch via direct linkage between a household member and an ancestor in the household registers. We are currently carrying out additional linkage within the contemporary data that will eventually result in the assignment of remaining households to descent group branches.