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Table 4 Socioeconomic stratification of China’s new generation (results of regression analysis)

From: Children of the reform and opening-up: China’s new generation and new era of development

 

Income and employment

Consumption

Dependent variables

Annual income (Yuan)

Employment rate

Unemployment risk in the next 6 months

Expenditures on clothing (Yuan)

Expenditures on cultural and recreational activities (Yuan)

Expenditures on telecommunication (Yuan)

Constant term/second- generation rural youth

27,423.1*

1.096*

0

1528.4*

330.5*

667.5*

Second-generation urban youth

27,462.9*

2.402*

− .783*

2342.8*

1780.6*

382.4*

Counter-attackers

15,902.9*

1.904*

− .341*

963.6*

887.7*

194.1*

Stagnators

6224.9*

1.473*

− .601*

719.7*

579.1*

242.5*

R2/-2LL

0.062

4614.3

132.2

0.061

0.049

0.014

Sample size

4078

4078

4078

4078

4078

4078

 

Social participation

Dependent variables

Frequently reading political news online

Discussing political issues with others in person or online

Participating in volunteer activities organized by the government, workplace, or school

Participating in self-organized volunteer activities

Joining cultural, sports, and recreational groups

Joining civic associations

Constant term/second- generation rural youth

0.576*

0.163*

0.085*

0.169

0.051*

0.051*

Second-generation urban youth

3.670*

3.673*

5.400*

2.646*

3.475*

3.419*

Counter-attackers

2.572*

3.082*

4.977*

2.275*

3.288*

3.661*

Stagnators

1.362*

1.292

1.341

0.854

1.281

1.289

-2LL

5354.1

4086.2

3314.6

3921.5

2288.6

2321.7

Sample size

4078

4078

4078

4078

4078

4078

  1. Note: “Annual income,” “expenditures on clothing,” “expenditures on cultural and recreational activities,” and “expenditures on telecommunication” are linear regression coefficients; “unemployment risk during next 6 months” is a logistic regression coefficient; and “employment rate,” “frequently reading political news online,” “discussing political issues with others in person or online,” “participating in volunteer activities organized by government, workplace or school,” “participating in self-organized volunteer activities,” “joining cultural, sports, and recreational groups,” and “joining civic associations” are logistic regression odds ratios
  2. *p=0.005
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