转型期中国大陆城市居民的阶层意识.pdf

2001 3 * 刘 欣 Abstract : Based on a 1996 sampling survey data( n = 754) collected in Wuhan Hubei PRC this paper explores people. s strata consciousness in urban China during the transforma- tion era. Findings from statistical analysis suggest that most urban residents have clear percep- tion of social stratificat ion . Stratification in urban society is mainly perceived as an economic as well as a pow er hierarchy while occupation is not considered as the core indicator of stratifica- tion as it is in some w est societ ies. Contemporary urban China is socially neither a status society based on family background nor / class society0of Marx . s definition. It is also found that urban residents in Wuhan tend to identify w ith middle- low er strata on economic dimension with mid- dle- upper strata on prest ige dimension and w ith low er- bottom strata on power dimension which suggest/ an inclination of socia-l prestige climbing0 on the one hand and / a sense of relative deprivation of pow er0 on the other . While the identifications on the three dimensions are highly correlated economic status indentification is most important to people. s identificat ion of their overall socio- economic status. 1996 4- 5 : 82 20 ; 2- 3 ;