mation and Income Inequality in UrbanChina ：Evidence from a Panel Data.”American Journal of Sociology 105.

　　
　　Social Stratification ，Home Ownership ，and Quality of Living：Evidencefrom China‘s Fifth Census

　
　　Abstract：The research of China‘s changing social stratification system hasfocused almost entirely on the analysis of income and occupational mobility.Thispaper instead draws attention to housing distribution ，an aspect of social stratificationthat has increasing importance to life chances under a market2driven system.Theurban portion of China’s 2000Population and Housing Census is analyzed to examinevariation by occupation in（1）home ownership ，（2）home space ，and（3）home quality.As of 2000，72%of the urban households are private home owners ，which reveal a 48%jump from the 24%in 1990.Households whose heads hold an eliteoccupation are significantly more likely to be in access to private homes than otherhouseholds，and they show advantages of purchasing housing units previously rented ，economically affordable homes ，and，especially ，newly constructed homes witha competitive market price.On the other hand ，home space and quality also haveimproved tremendously since the early 1990s.Households headed by managerial andprofessional elites are in access to large home space and better quality than arehouseholds headed by non2elites.These findings are in support of a view of powerpersistence ，and informative about the fact that societal stability and continuityin social stratification are behind a successful economic reform program.

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