Transnational marriage in Yiwu, China: trade, settlement and mobility

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Table 1. Background information: 26 female informants.

Hometown	Zhejiang: (5), Xinjiang (5), Henan: (4), Beijing (2), Yunnan: (2) Fujian (1), Gnsu (1), Ningxia (1), Shan’xi (山西)(1), Shan’xi (陕西) (1) Liaoning (1), Shandong (1), Anhui (1)
Ethnicity	Han (15), Hui (6), Uyghur (3), Kazakh (1), Tajik (1)
Age	Older than 50: (1), 40–49: (3), 30–39: (19), Younger than 30: (3)
Marriage status	Divorced (3), Widowed: (1), Legally registered (22)
Marriage duration	10–15 years: (9) (including 2 divorced 1 widowed), 5–9 years: (10), Less than 5 years: (7)
Occupation	Work with husbands: (14) (3 also involved in Weishang- online business), Weishang: (4), Other jobs: (5), Housewife: (3)
Origin of husband	Jordan (6), Egypt (5), Pakistan (4), Iraq (3), Yemen (2), Sub-Saharan- Africa (2), India (2), Iran (1), Afghanistan (1)
Number of children	Three children: (1), Two children: (8), One child: (13), No child: (4)
Age of children	Under six:(15), Above six: (9) Note: two women have one child above six and the other under six; children officially go to school at the age of six in China.
Kindergarten/School of children	Kindergarten: Chinese: (8), International:(2), Arab: (1) Too young to enter: (4) Primary Schools: Chinese: (3), Arabic: (3) All three children overseas since divorce: (1) one child at Chinese primary school the other at Arabic middle school: (1) Sent one child to middle-school in husband’s country and the other to Chinese middle-school in China after husband’s death: (1)

Notes: The table has been formulated in this way to give information but conceal the identity of informants.

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