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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for variables used in models of subjective social status (China, 2003–2012)

From: Discordance between subjective and objective social status in contemporary China

Variables

Proportion (%)

Mean (sd)

Perceived mobility of class

Upward mobility

35.48

 
 

Downward mobility

32.38

 
 

No mobility

32.14

 

Work status

Unemployed

14.48

 
 

Employed

74.76

 
 

Retired

10.76

 

Residential status

Rural residents

51.14

 
 

Urban residents/migrants

48.86

 

Marital status

Married

88.43

 
 

Single

5.26

 
 

Divorced/widowed

6.31

 

Male = 1

 

0.502 (0.50)

CCP member = 1

 

0.103 (0.31)

Age

 

45.42 (14.06)

Years of schooling

 

8.41 (4.20)

ISEI

 

34.66 (15.35)

Family annual income (Yuan)

 

40,662 (120,168)

N = 68,054

  
  1. Percentages for categorical variables and means for continuous variables are reported; mean score of SSC is also shown; numbers in parentheses are standard deviations