Social Capital in China Codebook

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1 2/6/2006 Social Capital in China Codebook City ID (six digit) Individual ID (three digit) Respondent ID aa aa1 id A. Personal Background Gender: a1 (1) Male (2) Female When were you born? Year a2a Month a2b Where was your father born? (province, autonomous region, or municipality) Your and your family members ethnicity: Yourself a4a (1) Han (2) Hui (3) Mongol (4) Zhuang (5) Uygur (6) Manchu (7) Tibetan (8) Other Father a4b Mother a4c Spouse (partner) a4d What is your political status? a5 (1) No political affiliation (2) Member of registered political parties (3) Chinese Communist Party member (4) Chinese Communist Youth League member Would you describe the place where you were living when you were 16 years old as... (1) A municipality or prefecture-level city (2) The suburbs or outskirts of a municipality or prefecture-level city (3) A county-level city (4) A town (5) A village Your marital status is: (1) Never married (2) Cohabitation (3) Married (4) Divorced (5) Widowed (6) Separated Your partner is: a8a a8 a6 a3 1

2 (1) Male (2) Female In what year did you get married (for the current marriage) (or start to cohabit for those currently cohabitating)? Year a10 In what year did you and your spouse (or partner) meet each other? Year a10a Or, how long have you and your spouse/partner been known each other? Year a10b Where is your spouse/partner s hometown? (province, autonomous region, or municipality) a10c How many children do you have? How old is the oldest? How old is the youngest? Age Age a12b Number a12 a12a Including yourself, how many people live in your household? Number a11 Their age, gender, and relationship with you? First person: relationship with you a13a1 (1) Spouse (current or previous) (16) Current Boss/superior (2) Parents (17) Current Subordinate (3) Father-in-law/mother-in-law (18) Co-worker, boss/superior, or subordinate from a previous firm (4) Children (19) Client (5) Sibling (20) Person working for another firm, but known through work relations (6) Daughter-in-law (21) Someone from the same religious group (7) Son-in-law (22) Someone from the same association, club or group (8) Other relatives (23) Close friend (9) Old neighbor (24) Ordinary friend (10) Current neighbor (25) Someone known because he/she provides a service to me or my family (11) School/class mate (26) Someone know from the Internet (12) Compatriot (27) An acquaintance (13) Teacher (28) Indirect relationship (known via someone else) (14) Student (29) Else (15) Current co-worker First person: age a13a2 First person: gender a13a3 (1) Male (2) Female Second person: relationship with you a13b1 Second person: age a13b2 Second person: gender a13b3 Third person: relationship with you a13c1 Third person: age a13c2 Third person: gender a13c3 2

3 Forth person: relationship with you a13d1 Forth person: age a13d2 Forth person: gender a13d3 Fifth person: relationship with you a13e1 Fifth person: age a13e2 Fifth person: gender a13e3 Sixth person: relationship with you a13f1 Sixth person: age a13f2 Sixth person: gender a13f3 Your father s job when you were 16 Year A14a12 Your mother s job when you were 16 Your job when you got married (the current marriage) Year A14c12 Your spouse s job when you got married (current marriage) Your spouse/partner s job now Next I will ask some questions about your and your family members jobs. Educati onal Level at that time (T2) Emplo yment status (T3) What kind of Job (T4) Position (T5) Number of people supervis ed (T6) Nature of work unit (T7) Indust ry (T8) Supervi sory departm ent (T9) Size of work unit (T10) Monthly income Year-e nd Bonus A14a1 A14a2 A14a3 A14a4 A14a5 A14a6 A14a7 A14a8 A14a9 A14a10 A14a11 A14b1 A14b2 A14b3 A14b4 A14b5 A14b6 A14b7 A14b8 A14b9 A14b10 A14b11 A14c1 A14c2 A14c3 A14c4 A14c5 A14c6 A14c7 A14c8 A14c9 A14c10 A14c11 A14d1 A14d2 A14d3 A14d4 A14d5 A14d6 A14d7 A14d8 A14d9 A14d10 A14d11 A14e1 A14e2 A14e3 A14e4 A14e5 A14e6 A14e7 A14e8 A14e9 A14e10 A14e11 B. Education and Health What is the highest diploma or degree you have received? b1 3

4 (1) None (2) Self-educated (3) Elementary school (4) Middle (junior high) school (5) High school (6) Associate College (7) Bachelor Degree (8) Master Degree and above (9) Else (Please specify) b1_1 At your highest educational level, did you graduate with a degree, or drop out of school? (1) Graduated with a degree (2) Drop out of school How many years of education have you completed from elementary school till now? Years b1b Now I would like you to think of the last 12 months, how often was your daily life disrupted for more than a week due to health related matters? b3 (1) Frequently (2) Occasionally (3) Seldom (4) Never b1a C. Position Generator Next, I am going to ask some general questions about jobs some people you know may now have. These people include your relatives, friends and acquaintances (acquaintances are people who know each other by face and name). If there are several people you know who have that kind of job, please tell me the one that occurs to you first. C1. Is there anyone you know who has the following job? (1)Yes (2) No C2. If yes, what is his/her relationship to you? [Choose only one relationship the respondent considers as the most important] (1) Spouse (current or previous) (16) Current Boss/superior (2) Parents (17) Current Subordinate (3) Father-in-law/mother-in-law (18) Co-worker, boss/superior, or subordinate from a previous firm (4) Children (19) Client (5) Sibling (20) Person working for another firm, but known through work relations (6) Daughter-in-law (21) Someone from the same religious group (7) Son-in-law (22) Someone from the same association, club or group (8) Other relatives (23) Close friend (9) Old neighbor (24) Ordinary friend (10) Current neighbor (25) Someone known because he/she provides a service to me or my family (11) School/class mate (26) Someone know from the Internet (12) Compatriot (27) An acquaintance 4

5 (13) Teacher (28) Indirect relationship (known via someone else) (14) Student (29) Else (15) Current co-worker C3. Did you get to know him/her through your spouse or partner? [For those who are single or do not have partners: skip to C4] (1)Yes (2) No C4. Is this person male or female? (1) Male (2) Female C5. How long have you known each other? Years C6. How close are you to him/her? (1) Very close (2) Close (3) So, so (4) Not close (5) Not close at all Is there anyone you know who has the following job? What is his/her relationshi p to you? Did you get to know him/her through your spouse or partner? Is this How person have male or female? long you known each other? How close are you to him/her? a Nurse C1a C1b C1c C1d C1e C1f b Writer C2a C2b C2c C2d C2e C2f c Farmer C3a C3b C3c C3d C3e C3f d Lawyer C4a C4b C4c C4d C4e C4f e Middle school teacher C5a C5b C5c C5d C5e C5f f Housemaid C6a C6b C6c C6d C6e C6f g Janitor C7a C7b C7c C7d C7e C7f h Personnel manager C8a C8b C8c C8d C8e C8f i Administrative C9a C9b C9c C9d C9e C9f assistant j Hair dresser C10a C10b C10c C10d C10e C10f k Accountant C11a C11b C11c C11d C11e C11f l Security guard C12a C12b C12c C12d C12e C12f m Production manager C13a C13b C13c C13d C13e C13f n Operator in a factory C14a C14b C14c C14d C14e C14f o. Computer programmer C15a C15b C15c C15d C15e C15f p Receptionist C16a C16b C16c C16d C16e C16f q Taxi driver C17a C17b C17c C17d C17e C17f r Professor C18a C18b C18c C18d C18e C18f s Hotel bell boy C19a C19b C19c C19d C19e C19f t Policeman C20a C20b C20c C20d C20e C20f 5

6 Is there anyone you know who has the following job? What is his/her relationshi p to you? Did you get to know him/her through your spouse or partner? Is this How person have male or female? long you known each other? How close are you to him/her? u CEO C21a C21b C21c C21d C21e C21f v Leading cadre in the work unit C22a C22b C22c C22d C22e C2f w Leading cadre of the supervising work unit C23a C23b C23c C23d C23e C23f x Regular civil servant C24a C24b C24c C24d C24e C24f Among the above people you mentioned, how many know each other? (1) They all know each other (2) Most of them know each other (3) About half of them know each other (4) Only a few of them know each other (5) None of them know each other (9) Don t know Among the above people you mentioned, how many can be trusted? (1) All of them can be trusted (2) Most of them can be trusted (3) Some of them can be trusted (4) Most of them cannot be trusted (5) None of them can be trusted (9) Don t know c8 c9 D. Networks through Spouse and Work On average, about how many people do you make contact with in a typical day? (1) 0-4 (2) 5-9 (3) (4) (5) (6) More than 100 d1 Among those, how many of them do you make contact with because of work? (1) Almost all of them (2) Most of them (3) About half of them (4) A few of them (5) Almost none of them d2 Among all the people you have contact with during work, how many of them are from within your company (organization)? How many from outside your company (organization)? d3 (1) Almost all of them are from within the company (organization) (2) Most of them are from within the company (organization) (3) Half of them are from within the company (organization), and half of them outside the company (organization) (4) Most of them are from outside the company (organization) 6

7 (5) Almost all of them are from outside the company (organization) (9) Not applicable About how many people does your spouse/partner make contact with in a typical day? (1) 0-4 (2) 5-9 (3) (4) (5) (6) More than 100 (7) Don t know Among those, how many of them does he/she make contact with because of his/her work? (1) Almost all of them (2) Most of them (3) About half of them (4) A few of them (5) Almost none of them (7) Don t know (9) Not applicable [If the respondent s spouse or partner does not have a job] Among all of your spouse/partner s friends, about how many of them do you know? (1) Almost all of them (2) Most of them (3) About half of them (4) A few of them (5) Almost none of them (7) Don t know Among all of your friends, about how many of them does your spouse/partner know? (1) Almost all of them (2) Most of them (3) About half of them (4) A few of them (5) Almost none of them (7) Don t know d4 d5 d6 d7 E. Current Job Do you currently have a job? (A job: working 30 hours or more a week paid or unpaid) (1) Yes (2) Retired (3) House-keeping (4) Students (5) Unemployment, laid off or looking for work e1 When did your last job end? Year e2 Your [current/last] job [is/was] working for. (1) For yourself (2) For one company (organization) (3) For several different companies (organizations) (4) For family enterprise e3 [Do/did] you get paid? e3b (1) Yes, and regularly (2) Yes, but irregularly (3) No About how many people work[ed] for this company (organization)? (1) 0 (2) 1-9 (3) (4) (5) 500 and more (6) Not sure (7) Don t know e4 About your [current/last] job: What is the name of the work unit? e5b 7

8 What industry is the work unit in? e5c (1)Light industry (2)Heavy industry (3)Construction (4)Geological Survey, Hydraulic Engineering (5)Agriculture, forestry, fishing (6)Transportation, warehousing, posts and communications (7)Wholesale trade, retail trade, food services (8)Finance and insurance (9)Real estate, service (10)Health and social work, and sports (11)Education, arts, entertainment and recreation (12)Science and research (13)Government agencies, institutions and social organizations (14)Other Nature of the work unit e5d (1)Government agencies (2)Institutions (3)Domestic-funded enterprises (31) State-owned enterprises (32) Collective-owned entperises (33) Cooperative enterprises (34) Joint ownership enterprises (35) Limited liability corporations (36) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (37) Private enterprises (4) Enterprises with investment from HongKong, Macau and Taiwan (41) Joint-venture enterprises (42) Cooperative enterprises (43) Sole investment enterprises (44) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (5) Enterprises with foreign investment (51) Joint-venture enterprises (52) Cooperative enterprises (53) Sole investment enterprises (54) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (6) Other (please specify) e5d2 Who makes the final decision in the enterprise? e5d1 (1) Chinese leader (2) Leader from Hongkong, Macau, or Taiwan (3) Foreign leader (4) Don t know Level of the supervisory department of the work unit? (1)County level (2)Local enterprises at prefecture-level e5e 8

9 (3)Administrations and bureaus at prefecture-level (4)County-level government (5)Prefecture-level government (6)Province-level government (7)Ministry and commission (8)Enterprises directly under the State Council (9)Other (please specify) e5e1 (10)Don t know What kind of work [do/did] you do? Description of your [current/last] job? Position (1) None (2) Clerk (3) Chief of subdivision (4) Vice chief of section (5) Chief of section (6) Vice chief of division (7) Chief of division (8) Vice chief of department (9) Chief of department (10) Vice chief of ministry (11) Chief of ministry (12) Vice Premier (13) Premier e5a e5f e5g [Do/Did] you supervise people as part of this job? e6 (1)Yes (2) No How many people do(did) you supervise(d)? e6a Of the people that you supervise[d], [do/did] any of them supervise others? (1)Yes (2) No e7 At your current/last job, to which extent [are/were] you free to decide how your daily work was organized? e8 (1) Absolutely (2) Mostly (3) To some extent (4) Hardly (5) Absolutely not How many hours [do/did] you work for this job every week? Hours e9 Where [do/did] you work for your [current/last] job? e10 province, autonomous region, or municipality, City What [is/was] your annual salary (including year-end bonus) for this job? [Is/Was] it e11 9

10 (01) No income (02) Less than 4000 (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) and more [Did/does] your current/last job provide the following benefits? [Check all that apply] (1) retirement insurance (2) medical insurance (3) maternity insurance (4) unemployment insurance (5) injury insurance (6) bonus (7) housing subsidy (8) pension e12 E12a (1) with retirement insurance (0) No E12b (1) with medical insurance (0) No E12c (1) with maternity insurance (0) No E12d (1) with unemployment insurance (0) No E12e (1) with injury insurance (0) No E12f (1) with bonus (0) No E12g (1) with housing subsidy (0) No E12h (1) with pension (0) No When did you start to work in this company (organization) or when did you found this company (organization)? Year e13 What kind of work [do/did] you do when you started to work in this company (organization)? What kind of work [do/did] you do? e14 Description of your [current/last] job? e14a Position e14b (1) None (2) Clerk (3) Chief of subdivision (4) Vice chief of section (5) Chief of section (6) Vice chief of division (7) Chief of division (8) Vice chief of department (9) Chief of department (10) Vice chief of ministry (11) Chief of ministry (12) Vice Premier (13) Premier (If the answer for E14a is the same for E5e, that is, the current/last job is the first job when entering this 10

11 company/organization, please skip to E16.) When did you start your [current/last] position? Year e15 At that time, namely in Year [Interviewer: Please read the year the respondent mentioned in E13 or E15], did you know someone who had the following kinds of jobs? e16 (1) Yes (0) No (7) Don t recall 1 Nurse e16a 2 Writer e16b 3 Farmer e16c 4 Lawyer e16d 5 Middle school teacher e16e 6 Housemaid e16f 7 Janitor e16g 8 Personnel manager e16h 9 Administrative assistant e16i 10 Hair dresser e16j 11 Accountant e16k 12 Security guard e16m 13 Production manager e16n 14 Operator in a factory e16p 15 Computer programmer e16q 16 Receptionist e16r 17 Taxi driver e16s 18 Professor e16t 19 Hotel bell boy e16u 20 Policeman e16v 21 CEO e16w 22 Leading cadre in the work unit e16x 23 Leading cadre of the supervising work unit e16y 24 Regular civil servant e16z At that time, did someone mention job possibilities, openings or opportunities to you, without your asking, in casual conversations? e17 (1) Yes (2) No They were. [check all that apply] e17a (1) About your current job (2) Other job opportunities within the company (organization) (3) Other job opportunities outside the company (organization) E17a1 (1) About your current job (0) Not E17a2 (1) Other job opportunities within the company (organization) (0) Not E17a3 (1) Other job opportunities outside the company (organization) (0) Not About how many job possibilities or openings or opportunities? e17b1 In how many companies? e17b2 Were there any follow-up on any of these job opportunities (other than your current job)? (1) Yes (2) No (Why not? e17c1 ) e17c Did they lead to. [check all that apply] e17d 11

12 E17d1 (1) Further discussions with this person? (1) Yes (0) No E17d2 (2) Being approached by other contacts? E17d3 (3) Having sent for information? E17d4 (4) Providing information about yourself? D17d5 (5) Further discussions with others knowing about that job orcompany (organization)? E17d6 (6) Meeting with people hiring? E17d7 (7) Having had an informal job interview? E17d8 (8) Visiting the company (organization)? E17d9 (9) Having had a formal job interview? E17d10 (10) Being offered a job? F. Organization and Work [This section asks questions about current job. If the respondent does not have a job now, ask them the last job they had.] [Does/did] the company (organization) you work[ed] for belongs to a hi-tech sector? (1) Yes (2) No [Is/was] there an intranet in your company (organization)? (1) Yes (2) No (3) Don t know (7) Don t understand How often do you need to make contact with other people at work? (1) Frequently (2) Occasionally (3) Seldom (4) Almost never How much of the work related knowledge or skills, when needed, can you get from within the company (organization)? How much from outside the company (organization)? f4 (1) Almost all of them are from within the company (organization) (2) Most of them are from within the company (organization) (3) Half of them are from within the company (organization), and half of them from outside the company (organization) (4) Most of them are from outside the company (organization) (5) Almost all of them are from outside the company (organization) (6) Don t need the work related knowledge or skills (7) Need the work related knowledge or skills but cannot find them (9) Not applicable Among the people with whom you discuss the work related issues, how many of them are from within the company (organization)? How many from outside the company (organization)? f5 (1) Almost all of them are from within the company (organization) (2) Most of them are from within the company (organization) (3) Half of them are from within the company (organization), and half of them from outside the company (organization) (4) Most of them are from outside the company (organization) (5) Almost all of them are from outside the company (organization) (6) Don t need to discuss with people the work related issues (7) Need to discuss the work related issues, but cannot find people to discuss with (9) Not applicable f1 f2 f3 12

13 How often [do/did] you apply new ideas or actions at work? (1) Frequently (2) Occasionally (3) Seldom (4) Almost never or never Besides the education obtained from school, how much special training do you think is required to be qualified for your job? f7 (0) Don t need special training (1) Less than a week (2) Less than a month (3) Less than a year (4) 1 to 3 years (5) 3 to 10 years (6) More than 10 years (7) Don t know Besides the education obtained from school, have you had the following training recently? Which How long year Years Months Issued certificate or not 1.Yes 2. No Level of the organizing work unit (T9) f6 Within or outside the city 1.Within 2.Outside Short-term F10a1 F10a2, f10a3 F10a4 F10a5 F10a6 training at school On-the-job F10b1 F10b2, f10b3 F10b4 F10b5 F10b6 training Party school F10c1 F10c2, f10c3 F10c4 F10c5 F10c6 Training at other F10d1 F10d2, f10d3 F10d4 F10d5 F10d6 work units Training abroad F10e1 F10e2, f10e3 F10e4 F10e5 F10e6 If the society is divided into upper class, upper-middle class, middle class, middle-lower class, and lower class, which one do you think you belong to? f8 (1) Upper class (2) Upper-middle class (3) Middle class (4) Middle-lower class (5) Lower class (7) Don t know (9) Not applicable Have you worked for other companies (organizations) prior to your [current/last] one? (1) Yes (2) No Did you have another job in this company before? (1) Yes (2) No G. Previous Job f9 f9a Your job previous to the current one was working for. (1) For yourself (2) For one company (organization) (3) For several different companies (organizations) (4) For family enterprise Did you get paid? (1) Yes, and regularly (2) Yes, but irregularly (3) No About how many people worked for this company (organization)? g1 g1b g2 13

14 (1) None (2) 1-9 (3) (4) (5) More than 500 (7) Don t know What kind of work did you do in the previous company? What was the name of the work unit? g3b What industry was the work unit in? g3c 1. Light industry 2. Heavy industry 3. Construction 4. Geological Survey, Hydraulic Engineering 5. Agriculture, forestry, fishing 6. Transportation, warehousing, posts and communications 7. Wholesale trade, retail trade, food services 8. Finance and insurance 9. Real estate, service 10. Health and social work, and sports 11. Education, arts, entertainment and recreation 12. Science and research 13. Government agencies, institutions and social organizations 14. Other Nature of the work unit g3d (1) Government agencies (2) Institutions (3) Domestic-funded enterprises (31) State-owned enterprises (32) Collective-owned entperises (33) Cooperative enterprises (34) Joint ownership enterprises (35) Limited liability corporations (36) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (37) Private enterprises (4) Enterprises with investment from HongKong, Macau and Taiwan (41) Joint-venture enterprises (42) Cooperative enterprises (43) Sole investment enterprises (44) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (5) Enterprises with foreign investment (51) Joint-venture enterprises (52) Cooperative enterprises (53) Sole investment enterprises (54) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (06) Other (please specify) g3d2 Who made the final decision in the enterprise? g3d1 (1)Chinese leader (2) Leader from Hongkong, Macau, or Taiwan (3) Foreign leader (4) Don t know 14

15 Level of the supervisory department of the work unit? g3e 1. County level 2. Local enterprises at prefecture-level 3. Administrations and bureaus at prefecture-level 4. County-level government 5. Prefecture-level government 6. Province-level government 7. Ministry and commission 8. Enterprises directly under the State Council 9. Other (please specify) g3e1 10. Don t know What kind of work did you do? g3a Description of your previous job? g3f Position g3g (1) None (2) Clerk (3) Chief of subdivision (4) Vice chief of section (5) Chief of section (6) Vice chief of division (7) Chief of division (8) Vice chief of department (9) Chief of department (10) Vice chief of ministry (11) Chief of ministry (12) Vice Premier (13) Premier What kind of work did you do in your previous position for your current/last company? What kind of work did you do? g3h Description of your previous job? g3h1 Position g3h2 (1) None (2) Clerk (3) Chief of subdivision (4) Vice chief of section (5) Chief of section (6) Vice chief of division (7) Chief of division (8) Vice chief of department (9) Chief of department (10) Vice chief of ministry (11) Chief of ministry (12) Vice Premier (13) Premier 15

16 Did you supervise people as part of this job? g4 (1) Yes (2) No How many people did you supervised? g4a Of the people that you supervised, did any of them supervise others? g5 (1) Yes (2) No To which extent were you free to decide how your daily work was organized? (1) Absolutely (2) Mostly (3) To some extent (4) Hardly (5) Absolutely not g6 How many hours did you work for this job every week? Hours g7 Where did you work for your previous job? g8 province, autonomous region, or municipality, City What was your annual salary (including year-end bonus) for this job? Was it g9 (01) No income (02) Less than 4000 (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) and more Did your previous job provide the following benefits? [Check all that apply] g10 (1) retirement insurance (2) medical insurance (3) maternity insurance (4) unemployment insurance (5) injury insurance (6) bonus (7) housing subsidy (8) and pension G10a (1) with retirement insurance (0) No G10b (1) with medical insurance (0) No G10c (1) with maternity insurance (0) No G10d (1) with unemployment insurance (0) No G10e (1) with injury insurance (0) No G10f (1) with bonus (0) No G10g (1) with housing subsidy (0) No G10h (1) with pension (0) No Was this job your first formal full-time job? (1) Yes (2) No g11 H. First Job 16

17 Your first job was working for. (1) For yourself (2) For one company (organization) (3) For several different companies (organizations) (4) For family enterprise Did you get paid? (1) Yes, and regularly (2) Yes, but irregularly (3) No h1b About how many people worked for this company (organization)? h2 (1) None (2) 1-9 (3) (4) (5) More than 500 (7) Don t know What kind of work did you do in your first job? What was the name of the work unit? h3b What industry was the work unit in? h3c 1. Light industry 2. Heavy industry 3. Construction 4. Geological Survey, Hydraulic Engineering 5. Agriculture, forestry, fishing 6. Transportation, warehousing, posts and communications 7. Wholesale trade, retail trade, food services 8. Finance and insurance 9. Real estate, service 10. Health and social work, and sports 11. Education, arts, entertainment and recreation 12. Science and research 13. Government agencies, institutions and social organizations 14. Other Nature of the work unit h3d (1) Government agencies (2) Institutions (3) Domestic-funded enterprises (31) State-owned enterprises (32) Collective-owned entperises (33) Cooperative enterprises (34) Joint ownership enterprises (35) Limited liability corporations (36) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (37) Private enterprises (4) Enterprises with investment from HongKong, Macau and Taiwan (41) Joint-venture enterprises (42) Cooperative enterprises (43) Sole investment enterprises (44) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (5) Enterprises with foreign investment (51) Joint-venture enterprises h1 17

18 (52) Cooperative enterprises (53) Sole investment enterprises (54) Share-holding corporations Ltd. (06) Other (please specify) h3d2 Who made the final decision in the enterprise? h3d1 (1) Chinese leader (2) Leader from Hongkong, Macau, or Taiwan (3) Foreign leader (4) Don t know Level of the supervisory department of the work unit? (1) County level (2) Local enterprises at prefecture-level (3) Administrations and bureaus at prefecture-level (4) County-level government (5) Prefecture-level government (6) Province-level government (7) Ministry and commission (8) Enterprises directly under the State Council (9) Other (please specify) (10)Don t know What kind of work did you do? Description of your first job? Position (1) None (2) Clerk (3) Chief of subdivision (4) Vice chief of section (5) Chief of section (6) Vice chief of division (7) Chief of division (8) Vice chief of department (9) Chief of department (10) Vice chief of ministry (11) Chief of ministry (12) Vice Premier (13) Premier h3e h3a h3f h3g [Interviewer: please fill in the box below with 1 if the company (organization) the respondent s previous job worked for (G3a) is the same as that of the respondent s first job (H3a); otherwise, fill in with 2. ] h3h Did you supervise people as part of this job? h4 (1) Yes (2) No How many people did you supervised? h4a Of the people that you supervised, did any of them supervise others? h5 18

19 (1) Yes (2) No To which extent were you free to decide how your daily work was organized? h6 (1) Absolutely (2) Mostly (3) To some extent (4) Hardly (5) Absolutely not How many hours did you work for this job every week? Hours h7 Where did you work for your first job? h8 province, autonomous region, or municipality, City What was your annual salary (including year-end bonus) for this job? Was it h9 (01) No income (02) Less than 4000 (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) and more Did your first job provide the following benefits? [Check all that apply] h10 (1) retirement insurance (2) medical insurance (3) maternity insurance (4) unemployment insurance (5) injury insurance (6) bonus (7) housing subsidy (8) and pension H10a (1) with retirement insurance (0) No h10b (1) with medical insurance (0) No h10c (1) with maternity insurance (0) No h10d (1) with unemployment insurance (0) No h10e (1) with injury insurance (0) No h10f (1) with bonus (0) No h10g (1) with housing subsidy (0) No h10h (1) with pension (0) No I. Job Search and Contact I would now like to ask you some questions about how you got your current job (or last job). Now I would like you to think of the last 12 months, did someone mention job possibilities, openings or opportunities to you, without your asking, in casual conversations? (This may include face-to-face, telephone, , fax, etc.) j1 (1) Yes (2) No They were. [check all that apply] j1a (1) Job opportunities in your current company (Interviewer, please record as 9 if the individual does not currently has a job) (2) Some job opportunities in companies you have worked for in the past (3) Other job opportunities outside the company 19

20 j1a1 j1a2 j1a3 (1) About your current job (0) Not (1) Other job opportunities within the company (organization) (0) Not (1) Other job opportunities outside the company (organization) (0) Not About how many job possibilities or openings or opportunities? j1b1 In how many companies? j1b2 Were there any follow-up on any of these job opportunities (other than your current job)? (1) Yes (2) No (Why not? J1c1) j1c Did they lead to. [check all that apply] j1d (1) Further discussions with this person? (1) Yes (2) No (2) Being approached by other contacts? (3) Having sent for information? (4) Providing information about yourself? (5) Further discussions with others knowing about that job orcompany (organization)? (6) Meeting with people hiring? (7) Having had an informal job interview? (8) Visiting the company (organization)? (9) Having had a formal job interview? (10) Being offered a job? J1d1 (1) Further discussions with this person? (1) Yes (0) No J1d2 (2) Being approached by other contacts? J1d3 (3) Having sent for information? J1d4 (4) Providing information about yourself? J1d5 (5) Further discussions with others knowing about that job orcompany (organization)? J1d6 (6) Meeting with people hiring? J1d7 (7) Having had an informal job interview? J1d8 (8) Visiting the company (organization)? J1d9 (9) Having had a formal job interview? J1d10 (10) Being offered a job? Did you have other job opportunities to choose from before you found your [current/last] job? (1) Yes, how many? j2a (2) No j2 Through what ways did you get your [current/last] job (or get promoted)? Was it from [Check all that apply] j3 J3a (1) Internal promotion (1) Yes (0) No J3b (2) Examination administered by the company or organization 20

21 J3c (3) Help by family members or other people J3d (4) Employment or placement services J3e (5) Inheritance of family enterprises or self-employment J3f (6) Direct application J3g (7) Assigned by the state J3h (8) Invitation by the company/organization (or someone in the company/org.) to apply J3i (9) Recommendation by someone to the company (organization) J3j (10) Responding to advertising or public announcement J3k (11) Else During the process of getting your [current/last] job, how many people helped you? Number Why didn t you get help from others? (1) You did not need to seek someone to help (2) People were unwilling to help (3) People were willing to help, but were not effective How did this person help you? (1) by providing information to me, the company or someone else (2) by putting in a good word for me (3) by both providing information to me or the company and putting in a good word for me. j4 j4a j5a Who was this person whose help you would say was the most important during the process of finding your [current/last] job? Name j5 Did you get to know this person directly (direct relationship) or via other people (indirect relationship)? j6 (1) Direct relationship (2) Indirect relationship Direct relationship What was your relationship with the person? [Choose from the relationship codes below] j6a 21

22 Did he/she try to find someone else to help you? (1) Yes (2) No It was through his/her s s s help. [Choose from the relationship codes above] j6b j6c/j6c1/j6c2 Indirect relationship He/she was my s s [Choose from the relationship codes below] Did he/she try to find someone else to help you? (1) Yes (2) No It was through his/her s s s help. [Choose from the relationship codes above] j6d/j6d1 j6e j6f/j6f1/j6f2 [Note: According to information above, the following chain can be identified. Use both I5 and I6 to help Respondent reconstruct the chain using the relationship codes below.] So, it is through your s s s s help, correct? (1) (2) (3) (4) j6g/j6g1/j6g2/j6g3 [Example: Brother s employer s classmate s boss: ] Relationships: (1) Spouse (current or previous) (16) Current Boss/superior (2) Parents (17) Current Subordinate (3) Father-in-law/mother-in-law (18) Co-worker, boss/superior, or subordinate from a previous firm (4) Children (19) Client (5) Sibling (20) Person working for another firm, but known through work relations (6) Daughter-in-law (21) Someone from the same religious group (7) Son-in-law (22) Someone from the same association, club or group (8) Other relatives (23) Close friend (9) Old neighbor (24) Ordinary friend (10) Current neighbor (25) Someone known because he/she provides a service to me or my family (11) School/class mate (26) Someone know from the Internet (12) Compatriot (27) An acquaintance (13) Teacher (28) Indirect relationship (known via someone else) (14) Student (29) Else (15) Current co-worker I7. Now I would like to collect some information about the people you have named as helping you in the chain of contacts. [Please fill Box a (1)- a (4) in the table below with the corresponding relationship code in J6g.]

23 a. Relatio nship Code b. Gender (1) Male (2) Female c. Ethnicity (T11) e. Job at the time of getting your current (last) job [If he/she did not have a job at that time, skip to Column G] J7a1 J7a2 J7a3 What kind of job j7a4 Description of job j7a5 J7b1 J7b2 J7b3 What kind of job j7b4 Description of job j7b5 J7c1 J7c2 J7c3 What kind of job j7c4 Description of job j7c5 J7d1 J7d2 J7d3 What kind of job j7d4 Description of job j7d5 f. Nature of work unit (T7) J7a6 J7b6 J7c6 J7d6 g. How close were the two adjacent people in the chain? (T12) [Between you and Person in (1)] j7a7 [Between Person in (1) and Person in (2)] j7b7 [Between Person in (2) and Person in(3)] j7c7 [Between Person in (3) and Person in(4) ] j7d7 How close were you and the last person in the chain of contacts at the time of getting your current (last) job? Would you say. j8 (1) Very close (2) Close (3) So, so (4) Not close (5) Not close at all Please identify the position of the most important person in the chain of contacts. (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 At the time of getting your current (last) job, did he/she work in the same company (organization) as yours (current or last job)? (1) Yes (2) No j9 j10 J. Participation in Voluntary Organizations Now I would like to know something about the groups or organizations to which individuals belong. Here is a list of various organizations. Could you tell me whether or not you are a member of each type? a. Are you currently participating in this kind of organization? (1) Yes (2) No b. Hong long have you been in this organization? (years) c. Is there a work unit affiliated with this organization? (1) Yes (2) No d. Level of the work unit affiliated with this organization? (T9) Academic organiation, culture groups K1a K1b K1c K1d Medical and health organization K2a K2b K2c K2d Religious groups K3a K3b K3c K3d Sports groups K4a K4b K4c K4d Charities K5a K5b K5c K5d

24 International organizations K6a K6b K6c K6d Economical organization K7a K7b K7c K7d Clan association K8a K8b K8c K8d Alumni association K9a K9b K9c K9d Professional organizations K10a K10b K10c K10d Other voluntary organizations K11a K11b K11c K11d K. Feelings of Life Next, I am going to read a list of the ways you might feel. For each description that I read to you, please tell me how often you have felt this way during the past week. (1) Most or all of the time (5-7 days) (2) Occasionally or a moderate amount of the time (3-4 days) (3) Some or a little of the time (1-2 days) (4) Rarely or none of the time (less than 1 day) I did not feel like eating; my appetite was poor I felt like everything I did was an effort My sleep was restles I felt depressed I felt lonely People were unfriendly I felt sad I could not 'get going' I felt I could not trust people I was bothered by things that usually don t bother me I felt that I could not shake off the blues even with the help of my family/friends I felt fearful I had crying spells I felt that people disliked me L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 Next, for each area of life I am going to name, please tell me how you are satisfied with that area. Marriage life [not applicable for those who are single or do not have partners] (1) Very satisfied (2) Moderately satisfied(3) A little dissatisfied (4) Very dissatisfied Financial situation (1) Very satisfied (2) Moderately satisfied(3) A little dissatisfied (4) Very dissatisfied Relationship with neighbor (1) Very satisfied (2) Moderately satisfied(3) A little dissatisfied (4) Very dissatisfied Relationship with children [not applicable for those who do not have children] (1) Very satisfied (2) Moderately satisfied(3) A little dissatisfied (4) Very dissatisfied Relationship with boss or colleague [not applicable for those who do not have a job now] L19 (1) Very satisfied (2) Moderately satisfied(3) A little dissatisfied (4) Very dissatisfied L15 L16 L17 L18

25 Current job [not applicable for those who do not have a job now] (1) Very satisfied (2) Moderately satisfied(3) A little dissatisfied (4) Very dissatisfied L20 Do you think most people can be trusted? (1) Almost all of the people can be trusted (2) Most people can be trusted (3) Most people cannot be trusted (4) Almost all of the people cannot be trusted L21 L. Family Income and Others In which of these groups does your total family annual income (including yours), from all sources, fall? Is it m1 (01) No income (02) Less than 4000 (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) 90000~94999 (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) How much savings do you and your spouse have (including stock shares)? RMB m2 Where do you live now? Province City County m3a/m3b/m3c When did you start to live here? Year Month m3a1/m3a2 Would you describe the place where you live as... m4 (1) A municipality or prefecture-level city (2) The suburbs or outskirts of a municipality or prefecture-level city (3) A county-level city (4) A town (5) A village In how many cities have you lived for at least 6 months since you were 16 years old? (number) m5 Your house (apartment) is (1) private property (2) property owned by the work unit (3) property owned by the state (4) Other (please specify, m6a) m6 Do you or your spouse (partner) own this house (apartment), or renting it? m7 1. Renting the property, the rent per month RMB m7a 2. Own the property, purchase price RMB m7b Who owns the house (apartment)? m8

26 (1) Yourself (2) Father (3) Mother (4) Spouse (5) Father-in-law (6) Mother-in-law (7) Son (8) Daughter (9) Relative (10) Someone else Your house (apartment) has square meters? What s your house (apartment) worth now? RMB How much did you spend on interior decorations? RMB Do you own other houses (apartments)? (1) Yes (2) No m9 m10 m11 m12 What s the values of these properties? RMB m12a What s the total values of your durable consumer goods and valuables (jewelry, furniture, cars, electronics, etc., but not include the savings and houses/apartments) m13 When you were 16 years old, your father s social network was m14 (1) very extensive (2) extensive (3) so so (4) not extensive (5) not at all extensive. When you were 16 years old, your mother s social network was m15 (1) very extensive (2) extensive (3) so so (4) not extensive (5) not at all extensive.