The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 2 Incidence rates of precarious work in mainland China and Hong Kong

From: Precarious work and labor market segmentation: a comparative study on mainland China and Hong Kong

	Mainland China		Hong Kong
	Sample size	Incidence rate (%)	Sample size	Incidence rate (%)
Total analytical sample	2,413	13.80	2,812	18.31
Age
< 30	618	9.71	670	15.52
30+	751	11.19	627	11.96
40+	698	16.76	724	17.82
50+	292	18.84	611	25.20
> = 60	54	31.48	180	29.44
Education
Primary school or lower	161	36.65	438	34.93
Middle school	607	19.60	560	29.64
High school	768	11.33	1,079	14.37
Associate degree	406	7.14	214	8.88
College degree or higher	471	8.28	521	4.22
Occupation
Manager/director	192	12.50	212	1.89
Professional/technician	842	11.28	534	5.06
Administrative staff	446	8.07	525	6.29
Sales and service staff	492	13.21	677	26.59
Production staff	237	18.57	399	25.56
Non-skilled labor and other	204	33.82	465	36.34
Economic sector
Private sector	1391	16.97	2495	19.72
Public sector	1022	9.49	317	7.26
Hukou status
Local residents	1547	11.57	1918	13.61
Migrants	866	17.78	894	28.41
Sex
Female	1081	12.86	1302	19.82
Male	1332	14.56	1510	17.02
Industry	Omitted	Omitted	Omitted	Omitted

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