Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of our research sample and the CNNIC sample.
| Characteristic |
Research sample (N=802), n (%) | CNNICa sample (N=60,000), % | |||
| Gender | |||||
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Female | 386 (48.1) | 47.6 | ||
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Male | 416 (51.9) | 52.4 | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
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<20 | N/Ab | 20.9 | ||
|
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20-29 | 318 (39.7) | 24.6 | ||
|
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30-39 | 288 (35.9) | 23.7 | ||
|
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40-59 | 196 (24.4) | 24.0 | ||
|
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>60 | N/A | 6.9 | ||
| Education | |||||
|
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Primary school and below | N/A | 18.0 | ||
|
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Middle school | 9 (1.1) | 38.1 | ||
|
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High school | 54 (6.7) | 23.8 | ||
|
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Associate degree | 115 (14.4) | 10.5 | ||
|
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Bachelor’s degree | 547 (68.1) | N/A | ||
|
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Bachelor’s degree and abovec | N/A | 9.7 | ||
|
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Master’s degree and above | 77 (9.6) | N/A | ||
| Monthly income (¥)d | |||||
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<1500 | 50 (6.2) | 31.7 | ||
|
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1500-3000 | 68 (8.5) | 20.3 | ||
|
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3001-5000 | 159 (19.9) | 20.8 | ||
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5001-8000 | 242 (30.1) | 14.1 | ||
|
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8001-12,000 | 191 (23.8) | 13.0 | ||
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12,001-20,000 | 78 (9.7) | N/A | ||
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>20,000 | 14 (1.7) | N/A | ||
aCNNIC: China Internet Network Information Center.
bN/A: not applicable.
cIn the CNNIC survey, “Bachelor’s degree and above” was a single category.
d1 ¥=US $0.14 on February 13, 2020.