Table 1 Indicator system for digital village, green agriculture and farmers’ well-being in China.

From: Evaluation of the coupled coordination of digital village, green agriculture and farmers’ well-being in China

Primary Index

Second Index

Three-Level Index

Unit

Digital village system: B1

Digital village infrastructure development : C1

Rural broadband access

ten thousand people

Length of fiber-optic cable per unit area

km

Fixed investments in social digital services

ten thousand yuan

Digital rural industrial environment: C2

Per capita household expenditure of rural residents (expenditure on transportation and communication)

%

Number of rural patents granted

piece

Digital Finance Index

-

Agrometeorological observatories

per

Rural network sales

100 million yuan

Rural network purchases

100 million yuan

Digital village application environment: C3

Proportion of administrative villages with postal service

%

Mobile telephone coverage

per

Rural electricity use

GWh

Agricultural and Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation Talent

people

Green agriculture system: B2

Ecological environment C4

Plastic film uses for agriculture*

ton

Pesticide Use *

ten thousand tons

Agricultural fertilizers applied in pure form *

ten thousand tons

Ecological governance C5

Forest cover

%

Soil and water management area

square kilometer

Rate of water-saving irrigation

%

Total water uses in agriculture*

BCM

Effective irrigated area

1000 ha

Farmers’ well-being system: B3

Quality of life C6

Per capita disposable income of rural residents

yuan

Growth rate of per capita income of farmers

%

Engel’s coefficient for rural residents

%

Consumption expenditure per rural resident

yuan

Average year-end household car ownership per 100 rural residents

cars

Educational level C7

Average years of schooling of rural residents

years

Township cultural stations

units

Joint construction and sharing C8

Proportion of administrative villages with domestic garbage disposal

%

Proportion of administrative villages with sewage treatment

%

Number of Rural Administrative Villages

units

Rate of gas popularization

%

Rural water supply penetration rate

%

Health personnel coverage

persons

  1. Tips: * Indicates negative indicators.