Table 13 Descriptive statistics
From: Minimum wage effects on employment and working time of Chinese workers——evidence based on CHNS
Proportion of employed in population | Monthly wage | Weekly working hours | Minimum wage/average wage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole sample | 42.27% | 1478.9 | 43.5 | 32.33% | |
Waves | |||||
2004 | 50.07% | 861.8 | 43.6 | 35.90% | |
2006 | 40.73% | 1072.9 | 44.6 | 34.11% | |
2009 | 40.11% | 1717.8 | 43.3 | 28.97% | |
2011 | 39.13% | 2109.5 | 42.6 | 30.79% | |
Gender | |||||
Male | 47.72% | 1609.2 | 43.6 | 32.40% | |
Female | 36.99% | 1289.2 | 43.4 | 32.27% | |
Hukoua | |||||
Urban | 51.89% | 1572.2 | 42.5 | 32.60% | |
Rural | 70.66% | 1282.4 | 45.2 | 32.48% | |
Age cohorts | |||||
16–29 | 75.72% | 1672.4 | 45.6 | 32.74% | |
30–39 | 82.73% | 1426.2 | 44.7 | 32.83% | |
40–49 | 80.78% | 1623.5 | 43.5 | 32.60% | |
50–59 | 64.03% | 1603.2 | 41.9 | 32.55% | |
60–65 | 44.08% | 1389.7 | 42.8 | 32.19% | |
Education attainment | |||||
Illiteracy | 38.25% | 943.6 | 39.9 | 32.55% | |
Primary | 69.34% | 1096.0 | 42.3 | 32.43% | |
Junior high school | 71.23% | 1369.1 | 45.3 | 32.54% | |
Senior high school | 69.73% | 1457.8 | 41.9 | 32.97% | |
Vocational college | 66.80% | 1478.7 | 42.3 | 32.87% | |
University or above | 75.36% | 2101.0 | 39.8 | 32.65% | |
Region | |||||
Eastern | Shandong | 42.21% | 1344.6 | 33.28 | 42.21% |
Liaoning | 42.00% | 1594.8 | 30.19 | 42.00% | |
Jiangsu | 49.22% | 1480.3 | 32.84 | 49.22% | |
Central | Hunan | 34.56% | 1738.7 | 33.30 | 34.56% |
Hubei | 38.48% | 1369.3 | 34.90 | 38.48% | |
Henan | 40.95% | 1249.4 | 32.53 | 40.95% | |
Heilongjiang | 53.74% | 1865.3 | 34.77 | 53.74% | |
Western | Guizhou | 39.60% | 1612.8 | 30.31 | 39.60% |
Guangxi | 43.44% | 1046.3 | 30.21 | 43.44% | |
Employment type | |||||
Regular | – | 1638.2 | 42.2 | 32.81% | |
Contract | – | 1363.6 | 43.4 | 31.93% | |
Temporary | – | 1118.2 | 46.2 | 32.13% | |
Enterprise | |||||
Government | – | 1630.0 | 38.1 | 32.48% | |
Shiye unit | – | 1836.7 | 39.4 | 32.73% | |
SOE | – | 1411.9 | 42.7 | 33.11% | |
Collective firms | – | 1258.6 | 44.6 | 33.07% | |
Private firms | – | 1296.6 | 46.5 | 32.60% | |
Foreign enterprises | – | 1491.8 | 43.9 | 32.13% | |