The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 4 Cross-classification of origin and destination (current occupation)

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

		Father’s social class
	1	2	3	4	Total
Period: 1978–1992
Respondents
1	1344	37	7	41	1429
2	71	16	2	5	94
3	29	2	1	1	34
4	30	3	0	3	36
Total	1474	58	11	51	1593
Period: 1993–2002
1	608	29	12	28	677
2	62	16	5	10	93
3	63	7	5	7	82
4	21	5	0	4	30
Total	754	57	22	48	881
Period: 2003–2010
1	1282	48	53	47	1430
2	150	22	9	22	204
3	131	7	14	8	160
4	28	3	0	7	37
Total	1590	79	77	84	1830

Notes. 1, non-elite; 2, technocratic elite; 3, market elite; 4, state elite

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