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Table 2 Land characteristics for participating households

From: Payments for ecological restoration and internal migration in China: the sloping land conversion program in Ningxia

 

Converted land

Non-converted land

Slope of the land (%)

  

Flat

14.21

51.99

Gentle slope

26.26

24.94

Steep slope (more than 25 percent)

59.53

23.06

Minutes walk to plots

30.45

20.67

Land quality compared to other land within the village (%)

  

Very good

2.50

17.88

Good

15.49

46.19

So-so

36.70

32.17

Bad

29.15

3.20

Very bad

16.16

0.55

Sample size (plots)

1,801

1,812

  1. Source: Survey data collected by Beijing Normal University and Hitotsubashi University in 2009.
  2. Notes: Land characteristics are only available for participating households. The survey asked participating households to report land characteristics for up to five plots for each category of land, converted or non-converted. Numbers reported in the table are averages over all declared plots in each category.
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