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Table 6 Descriptive statistics of all used variables, CGSS 2003, Urban Section

From: A third type of job search behavior: the use of the formal-informal joint channel in matching individual qualifications with hiring requirements in urban China

Variables

Categories

Percent

Mean

S.D.

Number

Job search channels

Joint channel

21.04

  

1097

 

Formal only

61.74

  

3220

 

Informal only

17.22

  

898

 

Total

100

  

5215

Certifiable qualifications

Education (years)

 

7.73

6.37

5894

 

Party membership

Non-members

88.94

  

5236

 

Members

9.2

  

542

 

Missing

1.97

  

116

 

Total

100

  

5984

Years of work experience

6.23

9.09

5232

  

Years of work experience squared

121.41

259.95

5232

  

Non-certifiable qualifications

Father's education (years)

6.5

3.85

5593

  

Father's party membership

Non-members

73.18

  

4313

 

Members

23.09

  

1361

 

Missing

3.73

  

220

 

Total

100

  

5994

Other factors

     

Gender

Females

51.9

  

3059

 

Males

48.1

  

2835

 

Total

100

  

5894

Age

  

26.496

9.324

5220

Age squared

 

788.95

63.451

5220

 

Era of job entry

Before 1979

24.18

  

1425

 

Between 1979 and 1992

30.61

  

1804

 

After 1992

34.17

  

2014

 

Missing

11.05

  

651

 

Total

100

  

5894