Table 1 The sample characteristics.
Variable | Categories | N | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Parents’ education level | Elementary or below | 1 | 0.8 |
Junior high school | 5 | 3.8 | |
Junior college, vocational high school, or high school technical school | 13 | 10.0 | |
College | 32 | 24.6 | |
Undergraduate | 68 | 52.3 | |
Graduate students and above | 11 | 8.5 | |
Average gross monthly household income | Less than 2,000 Yuan | 8 | 6.2 |
2001–5000 Yuan | 35 | 26.9 | |
5001–8000 Yuan | 37 | 28.5 | |
8001–10,000 Yuan | 22 | 16.9 | |
Above 10,000 Yuan | 28 | 21.5 | |
Parents’ occupation | Temporary workers, unemployed, unemployable, unskilled, and agricultural labourers | 9 | 6.9 |
Career senior executives (managers) with professional technicians, professional supervisors (party leaders) | 30 | 23.1 | |
Middle-level managers with middle-level professional and technical staff, assistant professional staff | 64 | 49.2 | |
Manual labour workers (commercial service workers), self-employed, skilled workers, and workers of the same level | 17 | 13.1 | |
General managers with general professional and technical staff, transactional staff | 10 | 7.7 | |
Total | 130 | 100 | |
