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Table 2 Statistical description of variables

From: Effect of occupational mobility and health status on life satisfaction of Chinese residents of different occupations: logistic diagonal mobility models analysis of cross-sectional data on eight Chinese provinces

Variables

Code

Value

Samples

Average

Standard deviation

Gender

 0

Female

396

0.6857

0.4644

 

1

Male

864

  

Age

 

[32.91,59.99]

1260

48.6123

6.1877

Education level

1

Primary school

351

1.9873

0.7727

 

2

Secondary school

607

  
 

3

High school (including technical secondary school and vocational school)

269

  
 

4

University and college (including master’s degree or above)

33

  

Household registration

0

Rural

1023

0.1881

0.3909

 

1

Urban

237

  

Marital status

1

Single

10

2.0325

0.2177

 

2

Married

1199

  
 

3

Others (including divorced, widowed, and separated)

51

  

Yearly income

 

[0,288000]

1260

10353.85

24869.17

Occupational status in 1989

1

Service class

50

4.3548

1.1289

 

2

Regular non-physical class

83

  
 

3

Skilled workers

109

  
 

4

Half-skilled workers

146

  
 

5

Farmers

872

  

Occupational status in 2009

1

Service class

103

4.0492

1.2588

 

2

Regular non-physical class

69

  
 

3

Skilled workers

143

  
 

4

Half-skilled workers

293

  
 

5

Farmers

652

  

Health status

0

1088

1260

0.1365

0.3435

 

1

172

   

Life statisfaction

0

Fair (including good, very good)

678

0.4619

0.4987

 

1

Others (including middle, bad, very bad)

582

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