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Table 2 Summary statistics, 2004–2009

From: Minimum wages and employment in China

Variable

 

Minimum/Average wage

Employment/Population

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

All

100.0

.291

.094

.595

.072

Gender

 Male

55.3

.256

.089

.673

.074

 Female

44.7

.354

.115

.520

.087

Region

 East

54.1

.276

.099

.607

.068

 Central

32.9

.298

.086

.586

.074

 West

13.0

.335

.074

.572

.071

Age cohort

 Age 15–29

13.1

.392

.167

.359

.129

 Age 30–39

30.7

.295

.107

.810

.096

 Age 40–49

35.8

.283

.096

.802

.094

 Age 50–64

20.3

.278

.128

.415

.110

Educational attainment

 Elementary school or below

2.1

.593

.505

.226

.139

 Junior high school

20.7

.433

.135

.447

.101

 High school

25.2

.355

.107

.566

.098

 Vocational school

12.0

.314

.112

.673

.131

 Junior college

24.8

.246

.086

.801

.092

 College or above

15.2

.183

.085

.797

.120

Industry

 Mining

2.3

.291

.201

 Manufacturing

21.6

.346

.134

 Power production and supply

3.4

.248

.142

 Construction

3.2

.352

.211

 Transportation and postal service

7.6

.288

.132

 Information technology

2.4

.292

.314

 Wholesales and retail sales

9.9

.471

.197

 Hotel and restaurant

2.7

.498

.333

 Banking and finance

2.9

.234

.157

 Real estate

1.9

.355

.353

 Leasing and commercial service

1.6

.371

.313

 Scientific research

2.1

.204

.175

 Environment and public facility

1.3

.311

.212

 Housekeeping

9.6

.509

.213

 Education

7.2

.237

.101

 Health care

4.8

.265

.170

 Sports and entertainment

1.8

.280

.226

 Public service

13.9

.245

.094

Total observations

620,321

  
  1. The average wage is calculated as the mean wage in each category. Because age cohort 16–19 and 20–24 only account for .17 percent and 3.6 percent of total observations, respectively, we choose the first age cohort to be age 16–29