Table 2. Gender, Education and Age Statistics for China’s Rural Labor Force
Locally Employed |
Rural to Urban Movement |
Rural to Rural Movement | |||||
Local |
Self- Employed |
Local Village |
All R-U Movement Commuters Migrants |
All R-R Movement |
Commuters |
Migrants | |
Gender 1995 (1) |
(1) 32 |
(2) 30 |
(3) 36 |
(4) (5) (6) (Percent Female) 22 28 15 |
(7) 43 |
(8) 41 |
(9) 44 |
1988 (2) |
29 |
27 |
34 |
20 26 10 |
48 |
60 |
24 |
Education 1995 (3) |
58 |
59 |
57 |
(Percent Middle School Graduates) 59 58 59 |
45 |
49 |
42 |
1988 (4) |
50 |
51 |
49 |
41 39 45 |
58 |
66 |
43 |
Age 1995 (5) |
21 |
15 |
36 |
(Percent under Age 25) 44 35 55 |
37 |
34 |
40 |
1988 (6) |
24 |
18 |
39 |
35 32 42 |
50 |
52 |
39 |
Source: Authors’ survey.
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