Table 1 Index measuring farmers’ sustainable livelihood resilience.
Dimension | Indicator | Sub-indicator | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Buffer capacity | Natural capital | Terrain factor (−) (0.035) | Average slope, elevation, and undulation of administrative villages |
Environmental factor (0.046) | Green area (+) | ||
Drainage density (−) | |||
Agricultural land area per capita (+) (0.014) | (Farmland, forest, country, animal husbandry, water land area) mu/person | ||
Human capital | Total workforce score (+) (0.063) | Adult labor force/total headcount. Skilled labor force = 1, ordinary labor force = 0.66, weak labor force or semi-labor force = 0.33, other = 0 | |
Health status (+) (0.069) | Healthy population/total population. Healthy = 1, chronic disease = 0.5, serious illness or disability = 0 | ||
Physical capital | Grade of dangerous house (+) (0.034) | A grade = 1, B grade = 0.75, C grade = 0.5, D grade = 0.25 | |
Financial capital | Household fixed assets (+) (0.037) | The number of commonly used fixed assets owned by farmers, with 1 point for each item owned | |
Per capita annual net income (+) (0.051) | Annual net household income/total number of people | ||
Self-organization capacity | Public service | Is there a passenger shuttle? (+) (0.023) | Yes = 1, no = 0 |
Accessibility of educational facilities (+) (0.047) | Accessibility from the administrative village to all educational facilities within the county | ||
Accessibility of medical facilities (+) (0.048) | Accessibility from the administrative village to all health-care facilities within the county | ||
Social help | Social relationship (+) (0.042) | Family ethnic background. Non-minority = 1, minority = 0.66, sparsely populated minority = 0.33, ethnic groups with cross-stage development = –0.16 (−0.16) | |
Whether a member of rural cooperatives (+) (0.047) | Joined = 1, not joined = 0 | ||
Life security | Social security participation rate (+) (0.047) | Number of participants/total number of people | |
Pension insurance participation rate (+) (0.034) | Number of participants/total number of people | ||
Critical illness insurance participation rate (+) (0.005) | Number of participants/total number of people | ||
Learning capacity | Learning path | Number of village information officers (+) (0.041) | Number |
Whether the village has college students village officials (+) (0.063) | Yes = 1, no = 0 | ||
Number of professional cooperatives in administrative villages (+) (0.043) | Number | ||
Means of livelihood | Percentage of income from agricultural production and operation (−) (0.05) | Agricultural production and operation income/total income | |
Number of migrant workers (+) (0.044) | Number of migrant workers/total number of people | ||
Cultural reserve | Education status (+) (0.023) | Adult workforce total education/total number of people. Illiterate = 0, primary school = 0.25, junior high school = 0.5, high school or technical secondary school = 0.75, undergraduate or junior college = 1 | |
Political status (+) (0.028) | Number of non-masses/total number of people | ||
Mandarin prevalence (+) (0.066) | Number of people who can speak Mandarin/total number of people |
