Table 3 The differences between the control and treatment groups.
From: Does Buddhist belief matter to pesticide application? Evidence from rice farmers in southern China
Control group (Not Buddhist) | Treat group (Buddhist) | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | P-value |
Ln(Pesticide dosage) | 2.714 | 0.921 | 2.164 | 0.949 | −0.550 | 0.000 |
Ln(Pesticide fee) | 6.614 | 0.865 | 6.158 | 1.137 | −0.455 | 0.000 |
Gender | 0.916 | 0.278 | 0.949 | 0.220 | 0.034 | 0.067 |
Age | 52.001 | 7.502 | 51.262 | 7.965 | −0.740 | 0.145 |
Schooling | 8.134 | 2.614 | 8.637 | 2.604 | 0.503 | 0.004 |
Health | 2.397 | 0.533 | 2.464 | 0.525 | 0.067 | 0.063 |
Experience | 26.832 | 10.190 | 26.388 | 10.850 | −0.444 | 0.520 |
Planting training | 0.802 | 0.399 | 0.802 | 0.400 | 0.000 | 0.998 |
Risk perception | 0.458 | 0.498 | 0.316 | 0.466 | −0.141 | 0.000 |
Ln(Assets) | 10.068 | 0.816 | 10.133 | 0.847 | 0.066 | 0.234 |
Household size | 4.597 | 1.619 | 4.481 | 1.523 | −0.116 | 0.284 |
Agricultural workforce | 2.044 | 0.781 | 2.110 | 0.900 | 0.066 | 0.218 |
Membership | 0.224 | 0.417 | 0.308 | 0.463 | 0.084 | 0.003 |
Ln(Rice area) | −0.590 | 1.484 | −0.352 | 1.521 | 0.238 | 0.018 |
