Table 1 Basic characteristics of sample farmers.
Feature | Type | Number | Proportion | Feature | Type | Number | Proportion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Household head | Yes | 812 | 79.61% | Cultivated area of paddy fields(acres) | Below 1.64 | 748 | 73.33% |
No | 208 | 20.39% | 1.64–3.29 | 93 | 9.12% | ||
Gender | Male | 854 | 83.73% | 3.29–4.92 | 23 | 2.15% | |
Female | 166 | 16.27% | Over 4.92 | 156 | 15.29% | ||
Age | 30 and under | 15 | 1.47% | Number of paddy fields(pieces) | 2 and under | 264 | 25.88% |
31–40 | 64 | 6.27% | 3–5 | 375 | 36.76% | ||
41–50 | 169 | 16.57% | 6–8 | 164 | 16.08% | ||
51–60 | 356 | 34.90% | 9 and above | 217 | 21.27% | ||
61–70 | 293 | 28.73% | Household population | 2 and under | 141 | 13.82% | |
71 and above | 123 | 12.06% | 3–5 | 418 | 40.98% | ||
Education level | Not attending school | 48 | 4.71% | 6–8 | 353 | 34.61% | |
Primary school | 344 | 33.73% | 9 and above | 108 | 10.59% | ||
Number of part-time employees in the family | 0 | 609 | 59.71% | ||||
Junior high school | 417 | 40.88% | 1 | 207 | 20.29% | ||
2 | 164 | 16.08% | |||||
High School (Technical Secondary School) | 151 | 14.80% | 3 and above | 40 | 3.92% | ||
Land Transfer Contract | No contract | 162 | 38.30% | ||||
College degree or above | 60 | 5.88% | Oral contract | 164 | 38.77% | ||
Health level | Very unhealthy | 17 | 1.67% | written contract | 97 | 22.93% | |
Relatively unhealthy | 92 | 9.02% | Land transfer period(year) | Below 1 | 232 | 54.85% | |
Commonly | 234 | 22.94% | 1–4 | 104 | 24.59% | ||
Relatively healthy | 379 | 37.16% | Over 5 | 87 | 20.57% | ||
Very healthy | 298 | 29.22% | Land transfer rent(yuan) | Zero rent | 161 | 38.06% | |
Village cadres | Yes | 247 | 24.22% | 100 and under | 74 | 17.49% | |
100–500 | 182 | 43.03% | |||||
No | 733 | 75.78% | Over 500 | 6 | 1.42% |
