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Table 14 Demographic summary by income level

From: Minimum wage effects on employment and working time of Chinese workers——evidence based on CHNS

 

Observation

<90%

90–110%

110–130%

130–150%

150–170%

170–190%

190% above

Whole sample

15159

13.02%

8.49%

8.78%

10.28%

6.65%

10.43%

42.35%

Waves

 2004

3336

13.77%

7.93%

7.73%

9.33%

7.10%

9.52%

44.61%

 2006

3484

14.68%

9.36%

9.67%

10.34%

7.43%

11.95%

36.57%

 2009

4172

11.35%

7.75%

10.39%

10.54%

6.29%

8.78%

44.90%

 2011

4167

12.67%

8.93%

7.24%

10.70%

5.97%

11.51%

42.97%

Gender

 Male

9598

8.91%

6.26%

7.70%

9.83%

6.61%

11.52%

49.17%

 Female

5559

19.28%

11.88%

10.42%

10.95%

6.68%

8.78%

31.99%

Hukou

 Urban

9856

9.77%

7.27%

7.69%

8.74%

6.05%

10.10%

50.39%

 Rural

5294

18.36%

10.52%

10.57%

12.83%

7.65%

10.97%

29.10%

Age cohort

 16–29

2526

9.18%

8.18%

11.49%

13.48%

10.36%

13.73%

33.58%

 30–39

3990

10.80%

8.75%

7.66%

11.97%

6.89%

12.25%

41.68%

 40–49

5240

12.67%

8.34%

9.04%

8.77%

5.69%

9.29%

46.20%

 50–59

2932

15.30%

8.17%

7.57%

8.22%

5.26%

7.95%

47.53%

 60–65

313

34.20%

13.85%

8.66%

7.79%

3.46%

5.63%

26.41%

Education attainment

 Illiteracy

179

40.28%

16.67%

8.33%

10.42%

4.17%

4.17%

15.97%

 Primary

1609

27.02%

12.02%

12.45%

11.34%

6.05%

8.95%

22.17%

 Junior high school

4886

16.09%

10.39%

11.06%

12.72%

7.48%

11.34%

30.92%

 Senior high school

2997

11.45%

9.65%

9.28%

10.71%

7.26%

11.24%

40.40%

 Vocational college

2605

6.30%

4.96%

5.57%

8.45%

7.18%

11.13%

56.41%

 University or above

2858

1.69%

3.06%

3.71%

5.60%

4.29%

8.39%

73.26%

Region

 Eastern

Shandong

1723

14.50%

10.98%

8.17%

14.94%

7.91%

11.42%

32.07%

Liaoning

1855

12.06%

7.60%

6.08%

8.49%

8.13%

8.94%

48.70%

Jiangsu

2480

21.54%

9.32%

11.28%

10.68%

3.68%

14.48%

29.02%

 Central

Hunan

1556

6.17%

5.39%

7.86%

5.95%

8.75%

10.44%

55.44%

Hubei

1496

11.33%

9.06%

8.20%

10.03%

7.44%

8.74%

45.20%

Henan

1403

12.70%

8.58%

9.61%

8.58%

9.73%

9.38%

41.42%

Heilongjiang

1797

5.78%

3.78%

5.18%

6.27%

3.49%

9.96%

65.54%

 Western

Guizhou

1318

7.37%

7.62%

7.75%

9.78%

6.10%

8.39%

52.99%

Guangxi

1531

17.36%

12.47%

13.02%

15.79%

6.83%

8.86%

25.67%

Employment type

 Regular

8001

7.14%

5.44%

6.13%

8.63%

6.73%

10.32%

55.61%

 Contract

2422

12.77%

9.04%

11.69%

13.40%

6.89%

13.97%

32.24%

 Temporary

2191

24.53%

16.70%

12.99%

12.75%

6.62%

8.26%

18.15%

Enterprise

 Government

1027

14.09%

4.92%

6.28%

0.34%

6.79%

7.47%

60.10%

 Shiye unit

3600

5.07%

3.21%

3.78%

1.60%

4.76%

7.82%

73.76%

 SOE

1867

8.78%

7.54%

9.66%

8.51%

7.27%

12.06%

46.19%

 Collective firms

1323

17.63%

13.14%

10.62%

13.69%

7.67%

13.36%

23.88%

 Private firms

5517

14.71%

10.19%

11.36%

13.41%

7.08%

10.95%

32.29%

 Foreign enterprises

408

5.95%

7.54%

11.51%

13.10%

8.33%

20.63%

32.94%

  1. <90%, 90–110%, 110–130%, 130–150%, 150–170%, 170–190% and 190% above denote the ratios of minimum wage to monthly wage