Survey Research in the Study of Contemporary China: Learning from Local Samples
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- concepts and-methods
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The China Quarterly
- Vol. 139, 741-765
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741000043149
Abstract
A widely publicized 1983 Chinese survey found 43 per cent of all “specialized households” in a Shanxi county were households of cadres or former cadres. In what sense, if any, is this finding significant? More, generally, what can be concluded about Chinese society, politics and the economy based on findings from survey research conducted there? This article sets out what can (and what cannot) be inferred from the unrepresentative samples of the Chinese population that are the basis for most survey research conducted in mainland China.Keywords
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