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16 Parish and Whyte (1978: esp. 171, 246) considers Guangdong, in South China; Wolf (1985,
esp. 167) examined Shandong, in North China. In single village studies, the Potters found
that intra-village marriage had risen to 20% by the early 1980s (Potter and Potter, 1990:271).
Selden (1993:155) notes a rate of 45% during the period 1970–84 and 68% during that of
1984–86.
17 Croll (1994, esp. 171). Despite the mythic power of the notion of an extended family of ‘five
generations under one roof’ even well before 1949 the overwhelming majority of
households consisted of a married couple and their children, with probably one surviving
parent of the husband in the early stages of the couple’s family life.
18 State-sector enterprise managers clearly have some characteristics in common with cadres.
For a recent comparison of professional and political career paths, see Walder et al. (2000:
191–209).
19 Further details from the survey of leading cadres are presented in Goodman (2000:
159–83).

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