“Competing personas”: aesthetic labor in the Chinese fitness industry

The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 2 Summary of demographic profiles of the interviewees

Interviewee code	Demographic characteristics
Manager	Title	Gender	Birth year	Registered residence	Years of education
MM01	Manager	Male	1987	Anhui	12
MM02	Assistant manager	Male	1989	Shanghai	16
MM03	Sales manager	Male	1991	Shandong	16
MM04	Sales manager	Male	1993	Jilin	16
MM05	Chief manager	Male	1994	Hubei	15
MF01	Assistant advisor	Female	1992	Shanghai	16
MF02	Assistant advisor	Female	1992	Fujian	16
Trainer
WM01	Rotating trainer	Male	2002	Shandong	12
WM02	Rotating trainer	Male	1997	Hebei	15
WM03	Rotating trainer	Male	1996	Hebei	15
WM04	Rotating Trainer	Male	1993	Henan	15
WM05	Rotating trainer	Male	1994	Fujian	15
WM06	Senior trainer	Male	1991	Hubei	16
WM07	Rotating trainer	Male	2000	Henan	9
WM08	Senior trainer	Male	1994	Henan	12
WM09	Rotating trainer	Male	1993	Henan	12
WM10	Senior trainer	Male	1989	Hubei	16
WF01	Rotating trainer	Female	1999	Liaoning	9
WF02	Rotating trainer	Female	1993	Liaoning	12
WF03	Senior trainer	Female	2002	Shandong	9
Consumer
CM01	Student	Male	2000	Hunan	16
CM02	Student	Male	1994	Shanghai	16
CM03	Bank manager	Male	1997	Jiangsu	16
CM04	Civil Servant	Female	1992	Shanghai	19
CF01	Student	Female	1995	Shanghai	19
CF02	Student	Female	2001	Jiangxi	14
CF03	Student	Female	1998	Hubei	16
CF04	Student	Female	2001	Hunan	16
CF05	Junior manager	Female	1994	Shandong	19
CF06	Junior manager	Female	1993	Jiangsu	16
CF07	Department leader	Female	1990	Anhui	16
CF08	Senior manager	Female	1991	Gansu	16
CF09	Researcher	Female	1988	Shandong	24
CF10	Senior manager	Female	1983	Shanghai	19
CF11	Retired	Female	1949	Hubei	16