Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the survey sample, Fujian, China, 2002-2003

		Internal migrant only	International migrant only Migrant of both types	Non-migrant
Variables	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Age
15-19	3.39	3.68	3.57	6.76
20-24	11.86	16.36	10.71	10.15
25-29	11.02	22.70	7.14	10.00
30-34	12.71	19.22	21.43	11.47
35-39	15.25	16.77	25.00	9.85
40-44	7.63	5.93	3.57	9.71
45-49	10.17	7.57	10.71	13.53
50-54	7.63	3.27	3.57	9.71
55-59	8.47	1.64	7.14	5.44
60 +	11.86	2.86	7.14	13.38
Sex
Male	52.54	64.83	92.86	36.32
Female	47.46	35.17	7.14	63.68
Marital status
Ever married	85.59	72.84	85.71	83.51
Never married	14.41	27.16	14.29	16.49
Education
No formal education	3.39	3.31	0	14.48
Elementary school	27.97	24.79	21.43	36.93
Junior high school	40.68	48.97	32.14	33.83
Senior high school	16.10	18.18	32.14	10.04
Vocational high school	5.93	1.86	7.14	2.07
College or above	5.93	2.89	7.14	2.66
Cadre
Yes	11.97	1.65	0	7.84
No	88.03	98.35	100.00	92.16
Cadre in the family
Yes	13.56	26.58	17.86	19.85
No	86.44	73.42	82.14	80.15
Prior internal migrant in the family
Y e s	18.64	20.86	21.43	27.21
No	81.36	79.14	78.57	72.79
Prior international migrant in the family
Y e s	74.58	52.15	32.14	85.74
No	25.42	47.85	67.86	14.26
Place of Origin
Rural	93.22	93.05	92.86	95.15
Urban	6.78	6.95	7.14	4.85
Total 1315	118	489	28	680

	Internal migration	International migration	No. of communities
Mean migration prevalence ratio	0.10	0.38	33

Note: Age and migration prevalence ratio variables are measured at time of survey.

Source: China International Migration Project.