Sample demographics (%), RFS and UFS, China, June 2008
| Total | RFS | UFS | |
| Sample size | 11095 | 4920 | 6175 |
| Mean age ± SD | 18.3 ±2.7 | 18.3±3.4 | 18.3±1.9 |
| Response rate (%) | 94.9 | 95.0 | 94.8 |
| Province/city (%) | |||
| Beijing | 16.0 | 14.8 | 16.9 |
| Changchun | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.6 |
| Chongqing | 17.0 | 22.0 | 13.1 |
| Guangzhou | 16.5 | 10.5 | 21.3 |
| Lanzhou | 16.7 | 19.1 | 14.9 |
| Nanchang | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.2 |
| School classification (%) | |||
| Vocational/technical HS | 22.0 | 28.8 | 16.6 |
| Regular HS | 22.4 | 25.4 | 20.1 |
| Key point HS | 23.0 | 19.3 | 25.9 |
| University | 32.6 | 26.5 | 37.4 |
| Self-reported school performance (%) | |||
| Very good | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
| Good | 22.7 | 20.8 | 24.2 |
| Fair | 67.5 | 69.6 | 65.8 |
| Poor | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| Very poor | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Ethnicity (%) | |||
| Han Chinese | 95.2 | 96.4 | 94.3 |
| Other (ie, minority) | 4.6 | 3.4 | 5.6 |
| *Pocket money monthly (To nearest US$) (%) | |||
| Between 0–$7 | 17.9 | 21.3 | 15.1 |
| Between $8–$14 | 19.5 | 22.7 | 17.1 |
| Between $15–$29 | 23.2 | 25.0 | 21.7 |
| Between $30–$58 | 21.7 | 20.1 | 22.9 |
| Between $59–$117 | 13.1 | 9.3 | 16.3 |
| Over $118 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
↵* Pocket money spent per month by respondents was converted to US$ based on the conversion 6.8%RMB=US$1%at the time of analysis.
HS, high school; RFS, rural female students; UFS, urban female students.