Table 3 Influence index of urban–rural integrated level of Shandong province.

From: Spatial heterogeneity of urban–rural integration and its influencing factors in Shandong province of China

First-level Indices

Second-level Indices

Third-level Indices

Variable

The influence of central city

Economic level

Secondary and tertiary industries GDP

X1

Fixed assets investment

X2

Total export–import volume

X3

City scale

Urban population

X4

Urban construction land area

X5

Public service

The number of health institutions

X6

The number of secondary schools

X7

Rural and agricultural development level

Population status

The proportion of high school and secondary school and above

X8

The proportion of population in non-agricultural industry

X9

The proportion of population aged 19–59 years

X10

Infrastructure

The proportion of village that domestic sewage is treated centralized or partially centralized

X11

The proportion of village that have kindergartens and primary schools

X12

The proportion of village that have clinics

X13

Production Situation

The number of tillage equipment

X14

The proportion of agricultural operators that participate in new business organization

X15

The proportion of large-scale agricultural operators and agricultural business units who sell agricultural products by E-commerce

X16

Life quality

The proportion of farmers who using purified tap water as a source of drinking

X17

The proportion of farmers who live mainly on gas, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas

X18

Car ownership

X19

Urban–rural connection

Traffic condition

Road density

X20

The proportion of village which have entrance and exit of highway

X21

The proportion of village that have railway stations

X22

Transport Capacity

Freight volume

X23

Passenger volume

X24