Table 5 Class positions in transitional China: 2010 CGSS

1. Party and government organs and public institution cadre: middle and higher level

44

0.4

0.9

0.1

0.2

0.6

0.2

2. Party and government organs and public institution cadre: below middle level

235

2.1

2.6

1.8

2.2

3.1

1.0

3. SOE manager: middle and higher level

30

0.3

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

4. SOE manager and supervisor: lower-level manager and supervisor

142

1.3

2.4

0.8

0.7

1.9

0.7

5. Administrative staff and clerk

1120

10.2

16.1

7.8

6.7

7.3

13.4

6. Private business owner with 10 or more employees

90

0.8

1.6

0.5

0.4

1.3

0.2

7. Private business owner with 2-9 employees

242

2.2

3.8

1.6

1.2

2.6

1.7

8. Self-employed

797

7.3

7.0

7.1

7.8

7.9

6.6

9. Higher-level private manager with 10 or more subordinates

215

2.0

3.4

1.2

1.4

2.5

1.4

9. Lower-level private manager with 1-9 subordinates

239

2.2

4.3

1.0

1.4

2.6

1.7

10. Household contractor of rural collective economy

4372

39.9

14.9

50.5

54.7

35.2

45.0

12. Higher-level professional

58

0.5

1.2

0.2

0.3

0.7

0.4

13. Middle-level professional

148

1.3

2.1

0.9

1.1

1.4

1.3

14. Lower-level and associate professional

601

5.5

8.0

4.4

4.0

4.6

6.5

15. Skilled worker

1084

9.9

14.1

9.0

5.9

10.7

9.0

16. Unskilled worker

1551

14.1

17.1

13.1

12.0

17.4

10.6

Total

10965

100

100

100

100

100

100