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Table 1 Summary statistics

From: Are migrants discriminated against in Chinese urban labour markets?

 

Total

Formal contract

Self-employed

Without contract

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

A. urban residents

    

Age

38.0

38.3

39.1

37.2

Education levels (%)

    

Primary and below

5.7

3.8

14.6

6.0

Junior middle school

30.1

24.1

52.6

33.0

Senior middle school

33.9

35.7

28.5

32.4

College and above

30.3

36.4

4.3

28.6

Female (%)

41.8

41.4

37.1

44.4

Not married (%)

12.0

11.5

6.7

15.2

Left the hukou within 0.5–5 years

-

-

-

-

Monthly income (Yuan)

1133.1

1286.5

857.9

940.2

Hourly income (Yuan)

6.6

7.6

4.3

5.4

No unemployment insurance (%)

55.4

36.0

94.1

78.3

No pension (%)

37.3

19.1

78.5

56.9

No medical insurance (%)

36.3

18.9

81.7

52.6

Obs.

219712

128509

25832

65371

B. rural migrants

    

Age

30.2

28.8

35.7

29.2

Education levels (%)

    

Primary and below

19.6

12.6

30.4

20.8

Junior middle school

62.5

62.9

57.2

64.2

Senior middle school

15.9

21.3

11.6

13.6

College and above

1.9

3.2

0.7

1.4

Female (%)

41.4

45.2

29.3

43.1

Not married (%)

36.5

43.4

8.5

41.7

Left the hukou within 0.5–5 years

73.1

73.9

60.4

77.1

Monthly income (Yuan)

997.9

1144.7

994.0

892.2

Hourly income (Yuan)

4.8

5.7

4.6

4.2

No unemployment insurance (%)

92.9

82.8

99.5

97.9

No pension (%)

85.8

66.8

97.7

95.3

No medical insurance (%)

82.5

62.2

94.9

92.7

Obs.

94621

32947

16536

45138

C. urban migrants

    

Age

31.8

31.3

36.6

30.5

Education levels (%)

    

Primary and below

4.6

2.4

9.8

5.5

Junior middle school

29.4

20.3

45.7

36.4

Senior middle school

36.5

36.7

33.6

37.3

College and above

29.5

40.6

10.8

20.7

Female (%)

41.1

40.2

35.2

45.0

Not married (%)

36.7

39.4

10.7

43.9

Left the hukou within 0.5–5 years

70.3

69.5

62.7

74.7

Monthly income (Yuan)

1688.5

2090.2

1351.6

1218.0

Hourly income (Yuan)

9.3

11.9

6.8

6.5

No unemployment insurance (%)

71.8

53.7

94.4

89.7

No pension (%)

57.0

34.5

80.6

81.2

No medical insurance (%)

59.6

37.5

85.4

82.5

Obs.

22214

11482

3272

7460

  1. Source: 1% population survey of China (2005).