Table 1 Variable definitions and description statistics (N = 14,607).
Variables | Definition and assignment | Mean | SD | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total consumption expenditure | ln (1 + per capita total consumption expenditure of rural households) | 10.021 | 1.127 | 14.071 | 6.908 |
Subsistence consumption expenditure | ln (1 + per capita subsistence consumption expenditure of rural households) | 8.508 | 1.401 | 13.370 | 4.329 |
Development consumption expenditure | ln (1 + per capita development consumption expenditure of rural households) | 7.573 | 1.121 | 10.903 | 4.592 |
Enjoyment consumption expenditure | ln (1 + per capita enjoyment consumption expenditure of rural households) | 8.481 | 1.195 | 10.406 | 4.097 |
Farmland certification | Has your family obtained the farmland management right certificate since 2013? (yes = 1, 0 = no) | 0.497 | 0.509 | 1 | 0 |
Gender of head of household | 1 = male, 0 = female | 0.792 | 0.437 | 1 | 0 |
Age of head of household | Year | 53.681 | 15.003 | 82 | 22 |
Education level of head of household | 1 = no schooling, 2 = primary school, 3 = junior high school, 4 = high school, 5 = technical secondary school, 6 = junior college, 7 = undergraduate, 8 = postgraduate, 9 = doctor | 2.995 | 1.328 | 9 | 1 |
Health status of head of household | Very good = 1, good = 2, general = 3, bad = 4, very bad = 5 | 2.783 | 1.301 | 5 | 1 |
Marital status of head of household | 0 = unmarried, 1 = other types of marital status | 0.902 | 0.315 | 1 | 0 |
Family size | People | 3.809 | 1.823 | 20 | 1 |
Per capita household income | ln (1 + per capita household income) | 12.021 | 1.414 | 14.408 | 7.498 |
Per capita household assets | ln (1 + per capita household assets) | 8.369 | 2.387 | 11.709 | 0 |
