Table 7 Employment Statistics by Hukou and Current Residence, 2005 Census
From: Do employers prefer migrant workers? Evidence from a Chinese job board
All Urban Residents in Major Cities | Residents of Xiamen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
With Local Hukou | With Non-local Hukou | With Local Hukou | With Non-local Hukou | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
A. All working-age persons | ||||
Age | ||||
18–25 | 9% | 15% | 12% | 18% |
26–35 | 21% | 33% | 27% | 42% |
36–45 | 28% | 26% | 28% | 24% |
46–55 | 28% | 17% | 23% | 12% |
56–65 | 13% | 8% | 10% | 3% |
Education | ||||
Primary (6 years or less) | 7% | 20% | 21% | 26% |
Junior Middle School (9 years) | 31% | 44% | 25% | 40% |
High School (12 years) | 34% | 21% | 27% | 21% |
College or Junior Technical School (15 years) | 16% | 8% | 13% | 7% |
University Degree (16 years or more) | 12% | 7% | 14% | 5% |
Employment status | ||||
Employed | 62% | 77% | 68% | 83% |
Not employed | 38% | 23% | 32% | 17% |
Sources of income | ||||
Labor market | 61% | 76% | 67% | 81% |
Public transfers | 23% | 6% | 13% | 3% |
Capital income | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Family members | 13% | 15% | 16% | 14% |
Social insurance coverage | ||||
UI covered | 44% | 18% | 38% | 21% |
Pension covered | 72% | 31% | 60% | 30% |
Medical insurance covered | 69% | 42% | 73% | 39% |
Share of the population | 49% | 51% | 44% | 56% |
B. Workers only | ||||
Weekly working hours (mean) | 44.10 | 49.14 | 46.49 | 54.89 |
1–39 hours | 4% | 8% | 8% | 6% |
40 hours | 66% | 35% | 47% | 21% |
41–56 hours | 23% | 39% | 33% | 41% |
57 hours or more | 7% | 18% | 12% | 33% |
Employer type | ||||
Public1 | 62% | 22% | 44% | 15% |
Private2 | 38% | 78% | 56% | 85% |
Nature of work contract | ||||
Fixed term | 34% | 33% | 43% | 37% |
Infinite term | 40% | 15% | 23% | 7% |
No contract | 27% | 52% | 35% | 57% |
Duration of contract if fixed term | ||||
1 year or below | 59% | 73% | 62% | 71% |
1-2 years | 12% | 10% | 13% | 10% |
2-3 years | 19% | 11% | 21% | 12% |
More than 3 years | 9% | 6% | 5% | 6% |
Share of the population | 43% | 57% | 39% | 61% |