Table 1:
Descriptive statistics for selected variables (person-year), CGSS 2008
| Full sample | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A: Individual records | |||
| Ever experienced upward mobility % | 17.37 | 21.85 | 12.83 |
| Ever exited % | 32.69 | 26.25 | 39.23 |
| Married % | 82.17 | 82.48 | 81.85 |
| Have dependent children (0–6) % | 81.01 | 79.92 | 82.11 |
| Education % | |||
| ≤Primary | 13.31 | 11.09 | 15.56 |
| Junior high | 28.73 | 26.97 | 30.52 |
| Senior high | 33.65 | 34.38 | 32.91 |
| ≥College | 24.31 | 27.56 | 21.01 |
| Party member % | 16.78 | 23.69 | 9.77 |
| Rural hukou % | 19.06 | 16.99 | 21.14 |
| Public sector % | 39.31 | 38.72 | 39.91 |
| N | 3,028 | 1,524 | 1,504 |
| Panel B: Person-year records | |||
| Job mobility rat | |||
| Upward mobility (*100) | 1.41 | 1.84 | 0.95 |
| Exit (*100) | 2.13 | 1.65 | 2.66 |
| Involuntary exit | 1.04 | 0.56 | 1.56 |
| Voluntary exit | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.09 |
| Reform stage | |||
| 1978–1992 | 42.69 | 42.20 | 43.22 |
| 1993–1999 | 25.96 | 26.05 | 25.86 |
| 2000–2008 | 31.35 | 31.75 | 30.91 |
| Time−variant covariates | |||
| Married % | 75.50 | 74.07 | 77.05 |
| Have dependent children (0–6) % | 26.60 | 27.00 | 26.16 |
| Party member % | 15.02 | 21.05 | 8.48 |
| Public sector % | 22.90 | 23.66 | 22.08 |
| Rural hukou % | 15.35 | 14.71 | 16.04 |
| Age | 34.11 | 34.31 | 33.9 |
| (9.73) | (9.66) | (9.79) | |
| Person-year | 46,341 | 24,120 | 22,221 |
Note: Figures are in percentages, except for age (standard deviation shown in the parentheses).