THE RISE OF RURAL-TO-RURAL LABOR MARKETS IN CHINA

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
Labor

(1)

67

52

77

81

73

89

-1

0

-1

Non-Agricultural Labor^a

(2)

33

48

23

19

27

11

12

11

14

Village Residents Locally
Employed^b

(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

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