Description

This variable indicates whether respondent resided in a city (district), town, or township in July, 1985.

In China, townships (xiang, or the 'County' category for this variable) are rural grassroots regions in China's administrative hierarchy, under province, prefecture, and county (xian). At the same level, towns (zhen) are regions where county jurisdictions are located and with resident population of 2,000 people or more, at least 50% of which are non-agricultural population (the 1955 standard).

Universe

Availability

• China: 1990

Integrated variables

• None