A Study on the Current Job-Selection Preferences of Postgraduate Students

In May 1993 the "Market Economy and the Values of Postgraduate Students" study group composed of postgraduates in the Department of Philosophy at Wuhan University conducted a questionnaire sampling survey of masters degree postgraduates at eight universities, i.e., Wuhan University, Central China Institute of Technology, Central China Teachers University, Central China University of Agriculture, South Central University of Finance and Economics, Wuhan University of Hydraulics and Electric Power, Tongji Medical University, and Hubei Medical University. Altogether 600 questionnaires were sent out, and 548 effective questionnaires were retrieved, the rate of effective retrievals was 91.3 percent. The sampling ratio was approximately 1:10, and the male to female ratio in the sample was 2.8:1. The ages ranged from 20 to 38 according to the Gaussian distribution. Among the subjects, those aged 20-25 totaled 59.3 percent; 26-30, 36.2 percent; and 31-38, 4.5 percent. Sample composition was basically consistent with the overall composition.