Table 2 Descriptive statistics by Region.

From: The impact and effectiveness of China’s entrepreneurship policy for back-home migrant workers

 

National

Eastern

Central

Western

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Gender

0.62

0.49

0.56

0.50

0.67

0.47

0.62

0.48

Age

28.29

5.73

30.04

5.63

27.59

5.51

27.34

5.67

Marital status

0.62

0.49

0.69

0.46

0.59

0.49

0.59

0.49

Ethnicity

0.88

0.32

0.96

0.20

0.97

0.18

0.73

0.44

CPC member

0.12

0.33

0.17

0.37

0.13

0.33

0.08

0.27

East

0.32

0.47

      

Central

0.32

0.47

      

Pilot county

0.29

0.45

0.22

0.42

0.37

0.48

0.27

0.44

Cadre

0.07

0.26

0.10

0.30

0.09

0.28

0.03

0.18

Dependent

2.90

1.84

2.64

1.68

2.55

1.80

3.47

1.88

Education

12.30

3.46

0.81

0.40

0.83

0.38

0.77

0.42

Health

0.80

0.40

      

Years of working

5.35

4.24

5.26

4.31

5.05

3.84

5.70

4.49

Work location

0.58

0.49

0.60

0.49

0.59

0.49

0.57

0.50

Monthly income

5339.5

3083.0

6058.1

4015.4

5074.6

2410.1

4929.7

2487.8

Contract nature

0.48

0.50

0.60

0.49

0.48

0.50

0.37

0.48

Social security

0.29

0.45

0.21

0.41

0.27

0.44

0.38

0.49

Job position

0.27

0.44

0.32

0.47

0.26

0.44

0.23

0.42

Policy1

0.72

0.45

0.71

0.46

0.74

0.44

0.71

0.46

Entrepreneur

0.28

0.45

0.29

0.45

0.29

0.45

0.27

0.44

Number of observations

 

3693

 

1188

 

1194

 

1311