Table 2 Description of Main Variables.

Enterprise dormitory

0.514

0.500

Hourly wage

0.473

0.499

0.522

0.427

0.096***

Weekly working hours

241.4

61.64

235.805

246.882

−11.077***

Logarithm of hourly wage

2.053

0.480

2.077

2.030

0.047***

Mean monthly wage

7.537

0.403

7.538

7.536

0.003

Job loyalty

0.325

0.469

0.356

0.296

0.059***

Spouse migration

0.730

0.444

0.842

0.593

0.249***

Family migration

0.359

0.480

0.428

0.274

0.154***

Business scale

 Enterprises with less than 100 employees

0.322

0.467

0.321

0.323

−0.002

 Enterprises with 100 to 1000 employees

0.436

0.496

0.436

0.435

0.000

 Enterprises with more than 1000 employees

0.243

0.429

0.244

0.242

0.002

Enterprise sector

Manufacturing enterprise

0.627

0.484

0.633

0.622

0.011

 Service enterprise

0.293

0.455

0.313

0.272

0.041***

 Construction enterprise

0.0800

0.271

0.053

0.106

−0.052***

Enterprise property

 State-owned enterprise

0.0970

0.295

0.098

0.095

0.003

 Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan-funded enterprise

0.105

0.307

0.092

0.118

−0.026***

 Europe, America or Japan-funded enterprise

0.0720

0.258

0.090

0.055

0.035***

 The ratio of housing price to income

6.208

3.734

6.291

6.131

0.160

 Female

0.458

0.498

0.494

0.423

0.071***

 Age

31.43

9.508

32.123

30.794

1.329***

 Married

0.592

0.492

0.668

0.520

0.148***

 Education level

10.21

2.760

10.095

10.314

−0.219**

 Fresh workman

0.327

0.469

0.312

0.340

−0.028*