Table 1 Variable selection and basic description
From: Retention of the highly educated migrants: from the perspective of urban e-service capability
Variable | Implication | Classification | Mean | Standard deviation | Min. | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S-intention | Settlement intention of NGHEMs | Â | 2.587 | 1.410 | 0 | 4 |
e-services | Urban e-service capability | Core variable | 0.549 | 0.174 | 0.027 | 0.824 |
FamilyNum | Number of family members living together | Individual characteristics | 2.713 | 1.172 | 1 | 10 |
Gender | Female = 0, male = 1 | 0.459 | 0.498 | 0 | 1 | |
Age | Age | 28.990 | 4.142 | 17 | 37 | |
Education | Educational attainment: associate’s degree = 5, bachelor’s degree = 6, postgraduate degree = 7 | 5.440 | 0.557 | 5 | 7 | |
Hukou | Agricultural hukou = 0, non-agricultural hukou = 1 | 0.469 | 0.499 | 0 | 1 | |
Political status | Party members and league members = 1, others = 0 | 0.328 | 0.469 | 0 | 1 | |
Marriage | Married = 1, others = 0 | 0.694 | 0.461 | 0 | 1 | |
ln(Income) | Logarithm of total monthly household income | Economic characteristics | 8.941 | 0.749 | 0 | 12.206 |
ln(Houseexp) | Logarithm of total monthly housing expenditure | 5.208 | 3.327 | 0 | 10.309 | |
House | Self-owned house = 1, others = 0 | 0.387 | 0.487 | 0 | 1 | |
Totalcity | Total number of floating cities | Migration characteristics | 1.837 | 1.210 | 1 | 40 |
ParentE | Father or mother with floating experience = 1, others = 0 | 0.294 | 0.456 | 0 | 1 | |
MigAlone | Migration alone = 1, others = 0 | 0.712 | 0.453 | 0 | 1 | |
InterLocal | Intersection more with local registered residence = 1, other = 0 | 0.493 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | |
MigScope | Regional migration: interprovincial = 1, and inner-provincial = 0 | 0.450 | 0.498 | 0 | 1 | |
DurTime | Years duration in host city | 4.546 | 4.214 | 0 | 35 | |
Health | Health condition, the higher the value, the better the health | Health status | 1.188 | 0.582 | 1 | 4 |
HealthRec | Establishment of health record = 1, otherwise it is 0 | 0.287 | 0.452 | 0 | 1 | |
HealthNow | In the last year, suffering illness or indisposed = 1, others = 0 | 0.534 | 0.499 | 0 | 1 | |
Carecity | Paying more attention to the change of the city lived, the greater the value | Social integration | 3.434 | 0.572 | 1 | 3 |
Locallife | Wiliness to blend in with the locals | 3.442 | 0.581 | 1 | 3 | |
Rural-med | Participating in rural cooperative medical insurance = 1, others = 0 | 0.316 | 0.465 | 0 | 1 | |
Soc-card | Personal social security card = 1, others = 0 | 0.725 | 0.447 | 0 | 1 | |
Pergdp | Logarithm of GDP per capita | City level | 11.293 | 0.461 | 9.384 | 12.281 |
Teachernum | Number of primary and secondary school teachers per 1000 | 8.722 | 2.779 | 3.376 | 25.852 | |
Bednum | Number of hospital beds per 1000 | 7.111 | 1.950 | 1.431 | 13.863 |