Societal Development in Rural China by Wenrong Qian et al

Author:Wenrong Qian et al.
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811380822
Publisher: Springer Singapore

Nonagricultural population

26.2

46.0

17.2

10.6

In terms of agricultural and nonagricultural populations, it can be found that 59.7% of the population engaged in agriculture have an education level of primary school or below, 32.6% of the population have finished junior high school education and only 0.6% have a college/bachelor’s degree. In nonagricultural population, people with an education level of or below primary school account for only 26.2% of the population, people who have finished junior high school education account for 46%, and 10.6% of the population reach college/undergraduate or higher education level. Therefore, the education level of the nonagricultural population is obviously higher than that of the agricultural population.

The educational attainment of the working population is related to their age. Figure 4.5 depicts the proportions of people with the education level of junior high school or below in agricultural and nonagricultural populations in each age group. The results show that among all the age groups, the proportion of the agricultural population whose education level is junior high school or below is higher than that of the nonagricultural population, which shows that the nonagricultural population has higher education level. Comparing the age groups, we find that the proportions of agricultural and nonagricultural population whose educational level is junior high school or below show a same trend with the improvement of age: at age 15–44, the proportion increases with age; at age 45–64, the proportion declines slightly; over 65, the proportion rises sharply. As a whole, in the agricultural and nonagricultural populations, the education level of the working population under the age of 35 is significantly higher than that of the population aged 35 or over.

Fig. 4.5Proportions of people who finished junior high school or below in all age groups (%)

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