Table 3

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.