Income Differences between Flexibly and Nonflexibly Employed Persons and Their Deconstruction: An Analysis Based on Data from the 2018 China Mobility Monitor

Table 1

Sample distribution.

Variable	Factor	Percentage of flexibly employed persons	Percentage of nonflexibly employed persons
Gender	Male	59.3	53.9
	Female	40.7	46.1
Age	30 years and below	22.3	42.9
	31–50 years	67.4	51.3
	Over 50 years	10.3	5.8
Region of work	East	37.5	55.8
	Central	23.0	15.8
	West	33.7	23.1
	Northeast	5.9	5.3
Marital status	Single	20.7	18.5
	Nonsingle	79.3	81.5
Years of current mobility	10 years or less	77.7	77.8
	More than 10 years	22.3	22.2
Educational attainment	Below lower secondary	13.5	14.2
	Lower secondary and post-secondary	65.9	65.2
	College and above	20.7	20.6
Industry of work	Primary industry	3.4	1.0
	Secondary industry	11.5	38.3
	Tertiary sector	85.2	60.6