Table 1.
Characteristics of the working sample (un-weighted data).
| Variable | Categories | Total (n = 9357) |
Female (n = 4996) |
Male (n = 4361) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Father's education | Non-educated | 2995 | 32.0 | 1650 | 33.0 | 1345 | 30.8 |
| Elementary school | 2954 | 31.6 | 1533 | 30.7 | 1421 | 32.6 | |
| Junior high school | 1502 | 16.1 | 775 | 15.5 | 727 | 16.7 | |
| Technical school or higher | 1310 | 14.0 | 690 | 13.8 | 620 | 14.2 | |
| Missing | 596 | 6.4 | 348 | 7.0 | 248 | 5.7 | |
| Father's CCP membership | Non-CCP member | 7874 | 84.2 | 4223 | 84.5 | 3651 | 83.7 |
| CCP member | 1282 | 13.7 | 645 | 13.0 | 637 | 14.6 | |
| Missing | 201 | 2.2 | 128 | 2.6 | 73 | 1.7 | |
| Self-reported childhood social class | Lower class | 3738 | 40.0 | 1973 | 39.5 | 1765 | 40.5 |
| Middle class | 3108 | 33.2 | 1615 | 32.3 | 1493 | 34.2 | |
| Higher class | 2399 | 25.6 | 1354 | 27.1 | 1045 | 24.0 | |
| Missing | 112 | 1.2 | 54 | 1.1 | 58 | 1.3 | |
| Father's type of work unit (danwei) | State-sector employment | 368 | 3.93 | 167 | 3.3 | 201 | 4.6 |
| Enterprises | 1429 | 15.3 | 773 | 15.5 | 656 | 15.0 | |
| Social groups, village/neighbourhood committees | 928 | 9.9 | 499 | 10.0 | 429 | 9.8 | |
| No danwei/self-employment | 4945 | 52.9 | 2640 | 52.8 | 2305 | 52.9 | |
| Other | 711 | 7.6 | 381 | 7.6 | 330 | 7.6 | |
| Missing | 976 | 10.4 | 536 | 10.7 | 440 | 10.1 | |
| Education level | Elementary school or less | 2696 | 28.8 | 1728 | 34.6 | 968 | 22.2 |
| Junior high school | 2869 | 30.7 | 1416 | 28.3 | 1453 | 33.3 | |
| Technical or senior high school | 1782 | 19.0 | 876 | 17.5 | 906 | 20.8 | |
| Junior college or higher | 1997 | 21.3 | 966 | 19.3 | 1031 | 23.6 | |
| Missing | 13 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.1 | |
| CCP membership | Non-CCP member | 8409 | 89.9 | 4668 | 93.4 | 3741 | 85.8 |
| CCP member | 941 | 10.1 | 324 | 6.5 | 617 | 14.2 | |
| Missing | 7 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Hukou status | Rural | 5949 | 63.6 | 3210 | 64.3 | 2739 | 62.8 |
| Urban | 3376 | 36.1 | 1768 | 35.4 | 1608 | 36.9 | |
| Missing | 32 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.4 | 14 | 0.3 | |
| Marital status | Never married | 959 | 10.3 | 377 | 7.6 | 582 | 13.4 |
| Married | 7701 | 82.3 | 4194 | 83.9 | 3507 | 80.4 | |
| Separated/divorced | 326 | 3.5 | 168 | 3.4 | 158 | 3.6 | |
| Bereaved | 371 | 4.0 | 257 | 5.1 | 114 | 2.6 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Self-rated physical health | Healthy | 7735 | 82.7 | 4062 | 81.3 | 3673 | 84.2 |
| Unhealthy | 1620 | 17.3 | 933 | 18.7 | 687 | 15.8 | |
| Missing |
2 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
| Mean |
Std |
Mean |
Std |
Mean |
Std |
||
| Age | 46.3 | 12.1 | 46.3 | 12.0 | 46.3 | 12.2 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Household size | 2.96 | 1.44 | 3.00 | 1.44 | 2.91 | 1.45 | |
| Missing | 13 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.1% | 8 | 0.18% | |
| Logged equivalized income | 10.07 | 1.83 | 10.04 | 1.82 | 10.11 | 1.84 | |
| Missing | 789 | 8.4% | 462 | 9.2% | 327 | 7.5% | |