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Table 2 Multinomial logistic regression of contact use in job searches by employment environment, individual recourses, and their interactions, CGSS urban section, 2008

From: Institutions and individual strategies: how did job seekers respond to the changing employment environment in urban China?

 

Kin contacts vs. no contacts

Non-kin contacts vs. no contacts

Kin vs. non-kin contacts

Education model

Party membership model

Family background model

Education model

Party membership model

Family background model

Education model

Party membership model

Family background model

External employment environment

Temporal dimension (ref: 2003)

  2004

−1.791 (1.713)

0.398 (0.442)

−1.338 (0.906)

−2.022+ (1.207)

−0.304 (0.320)

−0.491 (0.643)

0.230 (1.816)

0.703 (0.476)

−0.846 (0.959)

  2005

−2.360 (1.694)

0.388 (0.433)

−1.533+ (0.837)

−0.442 (1.160)

−0.139 (0.307)

−0.122 (0.592)

−1.918 (1.770)

0.526 (0.463)

−1.411 (0.879)

  2006

−4.179* (1.838)

0.029 (0.436)

−2.496* (1.018)

0.458 (1.106)

0.230 (0.286)

−0.187 (0.648)

−4.636* (1.880)

−0.201 (0.456)

−2.309* (1.049)

  2007

−1.500 (1.628)

0.038 (0.417)

−2.430* (0.954)

0.691 (1.077)

−0.226 (0.289)

−0.650 (0.615)

−2.191 (1.684)

0.265 (0.445)

−1.779+ (0.999)

  2008

−1.760 (1.907)

−0.170 (0.468)

−1.471 (0.996)

1.144 (1.165)

−0.257 (0.320)

−0.156 (0.676)

−2.904 (1.958)

0.087 (0.501)

−1.315 (1.043)

Spatial dimension (ref: metropolitan region)

 Coastal region

−3.237 (2.388)

0.668 (0.488)

−0.428 (1.385)

−2.144 (1.442)

0.258 (0.278)

−0.650 (0.667)

−1.093 (2.449)

0.410 (0.524)

0.222 (1.436)

 Interior region

−3.797+ (2.260)

1.714*** (0.459)

0.296 (1.328)

−2.770* (1.395)

0.334 (0.276)

−1.001 (0.662)

−1.028 (2.316)

1.381** (0.497)

1.297 (1.381)

Individual resources

 Education

−0.550** (0.209)

0.015 (0.042)

0.018 (0.042)

−0.296* (0.122)

−0.109*** (0.031)

−0.109*** (0.031)

−0.254 (0.215)

0.124** (0.045)

0.127** (0.046)

 Party membership

−0.305 (0.424)

−0.295 (0.416)

−0.225 (0.293)

−1.058 (1.240)

−0.181 (0.293)

−0.081 (0.462)

−0.114 (0.458)

 Father’s highest education

0.043 (0.035)

0.036 (0.035)

−0.349* (0.153)

0.009 (0.024)

0.007 (0.024)

−0.131 (0.084)

0.034 (0.038)

0.028 (0.037)

−0.217(0.160)

 Father’s party membership

0.046 (0.31163)

0.023 (0.306)

−0.038 (0.313)

0.071 (0.23174)

0.025 (0.228)

−0.014 (0.231)

−0.025 (0.33743)

−0.002 (0.333)

−0.024 (0.339)

Interplay

 2004

0.188 (0.154)

0.238* (0.116)

0.156 (0.103)

−0.065 (0.882)

0.027 (0.077)

0.031 (0.162)

0.210+ (0.122)

 2005

0.249+ (0.147)

0.285** (0.105)

0.015 (0.098)

−0.980 (1.091)

−0.016 (0.071)

0.234 (0.154)

0.301** (0.111)

 2006

0.371* (0.153)

0.365** (0.119)

−0.027 (0.093)

−0.566 (1.087)

0.049 (0.075)

0.398* (0.157)

0.316* (0.123)

 2007

0.144 (0.141)

0.333** (0.110)

−0.088 (0.092)

−0.257 (0.968)

0.050 (0.069)

0.232 (0.148)

0.283* (0.115)

 2008

0.147 (0.159)

0.205+ (0.116)

−0.129 (0.099)

−0.348 (1.032)

−0.014 (0.076)

0.276+ (0.166)

0.219+ (0.122)

 Coastal region

0.294 (0.186)

0.128 (0.136)

0.188+ (0.111)

1.502 (1.197)

0.106 (0.071)

0.106 (0.193)

0.021 (0.143)

 Interior region

0.421* (0.174)

0.159 (0.128)

0.250* (0.106)

1.202 (1.168)

0.160* (0.069)

0.171 (0.181)

−0.001 (0.135)

Control variables

 Female

0.106 (0.225)

0.064 (0.223)

0.061 (0.225)

−0.202 (0.164)

−0.197 (0.163)

−0.185 (0.163)

0.308 (0.243)

0.261 (0.241)

0.247 (0.243)

 Age

−0.048 (0.081)

−0.032 (0.083)

−0.049 (0.082)

−0.046 (0.047)

−0.037 (0.046)

−0.038 (0.047)

−0.001 (0.084)

0.006 (0.086)

−0.011 (0.085)

 Age square

0.000 (0.001)

0.000 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

−0.000 (0.001)

−0.001 (0.001)

−0.000 (0.001)

Constant

4.817 (2.960)

−2.436 (1.594)

0.720 (2.098)

3.713* (1.813)

1.055 (1.017)

2.285+ (1.269)

1.104 (3.040)

−3.492* (1.680)

−1.565 (2.193)

Log likelihood

−757

−762

−760

      

Observations

854

854

854

      
  1. Note: 1. Due to the small number of cases, interactions between party membership and the employment environment cannot be estimated correctly between kin contacts and no contacts as well as between kin and non-kin contacts. 2. Standard errors are in parentheses. 2. Father’s highest education was used in the interaction term in the Family Background Model
  2. *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05 + p < 0.1 (two-tailed tests)