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Table 6 Multiple linear regression results of living area (dependent variable: living area per capita)

From: Housing inequality in urban China: the heritage of socialist institutional arrangements

 

All cases

Families who own housing

Families who do not own housing

Model 1a

Model 1b

Model 2a

Model 2b

Model 3a

Model 3b

Intercept

39.17***

(0.65)

16.77***

(1.01)

41.92***

(0.70)

19.7***

(1.09)

31.27***

(1.51)

14.48***

(2.4)

Householder’s age

− 0.12***

(0.01)

0.03*

(0.01)

− 0.13***

(0.01)

0.01

(0.02)

− 0.11***

(0.03)

0.01

(0.03)

Householder’s education

 

1.02***

(0.05)

 

1.04***

(0.05)

 

0.47***

(0.12)

Family income per capita (10 thousand)

 

1.59***

(0.06)

 

1.30***

(0.06)

 

3.54***

(0.21)

Housing subsidies

 One-time subsidy

1.88***

(0.38)

0.97**

(0.37)

1.26***

(0.39)

0.56

(0.37)

0.68

(1.34)

− 0.39

(1.28)

 Monthly subsidies

1.35**

(0.47)

0.42

(0.45)

1.25*

(0.49)

0.44

(0.47)

− 0.20

(1.25)

− 1.04

(1.19)

 None (ref.)

      

Family structure

 3 generations in hh

− 15.11***

(0.51)

− 12.97***

(0.49)

− 16.93***

(0.54)

− 14.92***

(0.52)

− 8.75***

(1.29)

− 5.84***

(1.25)

 2 generations in hh

− 9.81***

(0.34)

− 8.22***

(0.33)

− 10.85***

(0.36)

− 9.39***

(0.35)

− 6.17***

(0.83)

− 3.74***

(0.80)

 1 person hh

29.41***

(0.53)

28.71***

(0.51)

32.95***

(0.60)

32.36***

(0.58)

26.6***

(1.08)

24.38***

(1.04)

 Other type

− 3.82**

(1.38)

− 3.35*

(1.32)

− 7.08***

(1.87)

− 5.62**

(1.80)

4.80*

(2.15)

2.18

(2.06)

1 generation (couple) in hh (ref.)

Householder’s work unit

 Government/party organization

5.74***

(0.51)

0.88

(0.51)

5.33***

(0.53)

0.99+

(0.53)

5.36***

(1.51)

− 1.46

(1.50)

 Public institution

2.91***

(0.41)

− 0.82*

(0.41)

2.63***

(0.43)

− 0.8a

(0.43)

2.18*

(1.09)

− 2.30*

(1.08)

 State-owned enterprise

− 1.31***

(0.33)

− 1.74***

(0.32)

− 1.41***

(0.35)

− 1.81***

(0.34)

− 1.87*

(0.78)

− 2.10**

(0.75)

 Collectively owned enterprise

− 2.31***

(0.54)

− 1.37**

(0.52)

− 1.9***

(0.59)

− 1.04+

(0.57)

− 2.68*

(1.16)

− 1.78

(1.11)

 Self-employed laborer

3.77***

(0.5)

3.44***

(0.48)

3.83***

(0.54)

3.61***

(0.52)

3.82***

(1.11)

2.56*

(1.07)

 Unemployed

− 3.68***

(0.47)

− 0.73

(0.46)

− 2.40***

(0.55)

0.22

(0.54)

− 3.45***

(0.91)

− 0.22

(0.89)

 Private/other enterprise (ref.)

N

18,150

18,150

14,396

14,396

3754

3754

Adjusted R2

0.340

0.392

0.375

0.422

0.312

0.371

  1. Note: + p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001