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Table 1. Composition o |
f China’s Rural Labor Force, 1988 and 1995 |
(Percent of Total Rural Labor |
Force).____________ | |||||||
|
Sectors |
1995 |
1988 | ||||||||
|
Village Labor Force |
Village Labor Force |
Growth |
Rates, 1988-1995 | |||||||
|
All |
Male |
Female |
All |
Male |
Female |
All |
Male |
Female | ||
|
Workers |
Workers |
Workers |
Workers |
Workers |
Workers |
Workers |
Workers |
Workers | ||
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) | ||
|
Full-Time Agricultural |
(1) |
67 |
52 |
77 |
81 |
73 |
89 |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
|
Non-Agricultural Labora |
(2) |
33 |
48 |
23 |
19 |
27 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
14 |
|
Village Residents Locally |
(3) |
15 |
22 |
12 |
9 |
13 |
6 |
13 |
11 |
13 |
|
Self Employed |
(4) |
11 |
16 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
14 |
14 |
17 |
|
Village Enterprises |
(5) |
4 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
|
Rural-Urban Movement |
(6) |
13 |
20 |
6 |
9 |
13 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
|
Commuters |
(7) |
6 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
|
Migrants |
(8) |
7 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
0.5 |
14 |
13 |
21 |
|
Rural-Rural Movement |
(9) |
5 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
27 |
29 |
24 |
|
Commuters |
(10) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0.7 |
1 |
18 |
26 |
10 |
|
Migrants |
(11) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
38 |
30 |
53 |
Source: Authors’ survey.
a Many of these workers also contribute labor to agriculture in addition to their off-farm employment
b These workers are village residents with off-farm employment in the village.
c These workers have off-farm employment outside the village but close enough to commute (daily) from their home village.
d These workers have off-farm employment outside the village and must leave for at least one month at a time for their job
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