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Table 1 Weighted descriptive statistics of variables (N = 4304)

From: Cadre parents and their entrepreneur children? The dual-track intergenerational reproduction of elites in China: 1978–2010

Variables

Mean/percentage

Standard deviance

Min

Max

Social class

    

 Non-elite

81.41

-

0

1

 Technocratic elite

9.41

-

0

1

 Market elite

6.82

-

0

1

 State elite

2.36

-

0

1

First job sector

    

 State

32.97

-

0

1

 Non-state

67.03

-

0

1

Family background

    

 Non-elite

88.34

-

0

1

 Technocratic elite

4.57

-

0

1

 Market elite

2.77

-

0

1

 State elite

4.32

-

0

1

Period of first job

    

 1978–1992

49.76

-

0

1

 1993–2002

25.93

-

0

1

 2003–2010

24.31

-

0

1

Period of current job

    

 1978–1992

30.47

-

0

1

 1993–2002

20.32

-

0

1

 2003–2010

49.21

-

0

1

Education

    

 Junior high

63.09

-

0

1

 Senior high

19.23

-

0

 

 College

17.67

-

0

1

CPC membership

9.57

-

0

1

Female

47.58

-

0

1

None-agriculture residence

35.99

-

0

1

East region

31.05

-

0

1

Siblings number

2.34

2.21

1

10

Age

37.87

11.02

18

65

  1. Note. All variables have been weighted. CPC Communist Party of China