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