TABLE 3.
Summary statistics of independent variables in relation to social demography, occupational change, spatial transformation and identity conversion. Study of life satisfaction under urbanisation, China, 2018.
Independent variables | Coding | % | Mean | Std.dev | Min | Max | Characteristics |
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Gender | 0 = Female | 49.75 | 0.5025 | 0.5003 | 0 | 1 | Social demography |
1 = Male | 50.25 | ||||||
Age | 1 = Under 35 years | 26.23 | 2.1017 | 0.7853 | 1 | 3 | |
2 = 36 to 50 | 37.38 | ||||||
3 = 51 years and over | 36.40 | ||||||
Level of education | 1 = Illiteracy | 3.55 | 3.3836 | 1.1707 | 1 | 5 | |
2 = Primary school | 22.06 | ||||||
3 = Secondary school | 30.76 | ||||||
4 = High school | 19.73 | ||||||
5 = College and over | 23.90 | ||||||
Rural-to-urban years | 0 = Less than 13 years | 62.13 | 0.3787 | 0.4854 | 0 | 1 | |
1 = 13 years and over | 37.87 | ||||||
Net annual household income (10k RMB) | Continuous | 5.80 | 5.42 | ||||
Categories of occupation | 1 = Unemployed | 7.23 | 2.8493 | 0.8781 | 1 | 4 | Occupational change |
2 = Flexible | 25.49 | ||||||
3 = Physical | 42.40 | ||||||
4 = Managerial or Technical | 24.88 | ||||||
Types of workplaces | 1 = Unemployed | 7.23 | 2.7708 | 0.9465 | 1 | 5 | |
2 = Individual business | 32.48 | ||||||
3 = Private company | 40.93 | ||||||
4 = State owed enterprise | 14.71 | ||||||
5 = State Organs and public institution | 4.66 | ||||||
Professional skill | 0 = No | 84.19 | 0.1581 | 0.3651 | 0 | 1 | |
1 = Yes | 15.81 | ||||||
Satisfaction with current job | 1 = Poor | 0.86 | 2.4081 | 0.5090 | 1 | 3 | |
2 = Moderate | 57.48 | ||||||
3 = High | 41.67 | ||||||
Types of community | 0 = Village-turned-ommunity | 21.69 | 0.7831 | 0.4124 | 0 | 1 | Spatial transformation |
1 = Resettlement community | 78.31 | ||||||
Types of housing | 0 = Self-built or rental | 28.60 | 0.7525 | 0.4319 | 0 | 1 | |
1 = Resettled | 71.40 | ||||||
Satisfaction with community environment | 1 = Poor | 0.60 | 2.5147 | 0.5122 | 1 | 3 | |
2 = Moderate | 47.30 | ||||||
3 = High | 52.08 | ||||||
Adaptability to city life | 1 = Poor | 8.21 | 2.1324 | 0.5286 | 1 | 3 | Identity conversion |
2 = Fair | 70.34 | ||||||
3 = Good | 21.45 | ||||||
Identification with urban citizenship | 1 = Poor | 15.93 | 2.0417 | 0.5992 | 1 | 3 | |
2 = Fair | 63.97 | ||||||
3 = Good | 20.10 | ||||||
Social connections | 1 = Poor | 56.00 | 1.6789 | 0.8347 | 1 | 3 | |
2 = Fair | 20.10 | ||||||
3 = Good | 23.90 | ||||||
Satisfaction with identity transformation | 1 = Poor | 0.86 | 2.4755 | 0.5166 | 1 | 3 | |
2 = Moderate | 50.74 | ||||||
3 = High | 48.4 |