Table 1 Description of variables
From: Housing inequality in urban China: the heritage of socialist institutional arrangements
Frequency | Percent (all cases) | Percent (families who own housing) | |
Home ownership | |||
Housing is owned (I) | 14,396 | 79.32 | – |
Housing is not owned (II) | 3754 | 20.68 | – |
Total | 18,150 | 100.0 | – |
Classified type of housing | |||
Commercial apartment (I-a) | 5647 | 31.11 | 39.23 |
Middle- and low-price commercial apartments (I-b) | 1473 | 8.12 | 10.23 |
Housing obtained during housing reform (I-c) | 7276 | 40.09 | 50.54 |
Total | – | – | 100.00 |
Public house rental (II-a) | 1824 | 10.05 | |
Original private house (II-b) | 421 | 2.32 | – |
Private house rental (II-c) | 550 | 3.03 | – |
Other housing not owned (II-d) | 959 | 5.28 | – |
Total | 18,150 | 100.0 | |
Mean | Std. deviation | Valid N | |
Living area (per capita) | 28.92 | 19.67 | 18,150 |
Householder’s education | 12.58 | 3.00 | 18,150 |
Householder’s age | 43.14 | 9.43 | 18,150 |
Family income (10 thousand) | 4.804 | 5.47 | 18,150 |
Family income per capita (10 thousand) | 1.83 | 2.13 | 18,150 |
Frequency | Percent | ||
Household head’s work unit | |||
Government/party organization | 1305 | 7.19 | |
Public institution | 2509 | 13.82 | |
State-owned enterprise | 5800 | 31.96 | |
Collectively owned enterprises | 1145 | 6.31 | |
Private enterprises | 4481 | 24.69 | |
Self-employed laborer | 1342 | 7.39 | |
Unemployed | 1568 | 8.64 | |
Total | 18,150 | 100.00 | |
Housing subsidies | |||
One-time subsidy | 2128 | 11.72 | |
Monthly housing subsidies | 1377 | 7.59 | |
No subsidies | 14,645 | 80.69 | |
Total | 18,150 | 100.00 | |
Family structure | |||
3 generations in household | 1549 | 8.53 | |
2 generations in household | 12,379 | 68.20 | |
1 generation (couple) in household | 2692 | 14.83 | |
Other type | 142 | 0.78 | |
1 person household | 1388 | 7.65 | |
Total | 18,150 | 100.00 | |