Table 1 Characteristics of migrant workers returning home for business start-ups.

From: Improving the entrepreneurial ability of rural migrant workers returning home in China: Study based on 5,675 questionnaires

Entrepreneur’s quality

Successful entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurial losers

Endowment

Household labor force

Age of entrepreneur (years)

42.17

43.35

Labor force (person/household)

2.56

2.41

Total population (person/household)

4.74

4.45

Education composition (%)

Illiteracy

0

16.73

Primary school

15.01

42.01

Junior high school

19.75

33.15

High school

42.24

5.82

University

23.01

2.29

Technical conditions

Trained (%)

90.27

51.72

Skilled (%)

93.76

47.79

  1. Source: Calculated according to the data obtained from the questionnaire survey (2018–2022).