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Individual characteristics
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Gender (% male)
|
0.519
|
0.523
|
0.511
|
NS
|
|
Age (years)
|
35.68
|
35.69
|
35.66
|
NS
|
|
Hui nationality
|
0.413
|
0.375
|
0.477
|
***
|
|
Marital status (married %)
|
0.681
|
0.674
|
0.693
|
NS
|
|
Education (primary & below)
|
0.517
|
0.495
|
0.555
|
***
|
|
Education (junior middle school)
|
0.310
|
0.330
|
0.277
|
***
|
|
Above 9-year compulsory education
|
0.172
|
0.175
|
0.168
|
NS
|
|
Years of education
|
5.847
|
6.072
|
5.470
|
***
|
|
Migrant (above 1 month)
|
0.243
|
0.283
|
0.176
|
***
|
|
Migrant (above 3 months)
|
0.218
|
0.253
|
0.159
|
***
|
|
Family characteristics at baseline (2002)
|
|
Household size
|
5.186
|
5.203
|
5.158
|
NS
|
|
Number of children under 15
|
1.870
|
1.864
|
1.881
|
NS
|
|
Number of adults
|
3.199
|
3.289
|
3.048
|
***
|
|
Number of elderly
|
0.128
|
0.118
|
0.145
|
***
|
|
Land per adult (mu)
|
9.466
|
8.217
|
11.55
|
**
|
|
Dry land (% of total land)
|
0.934
|
0.911
|
0.971
|
***
|
|
Village information
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|
Proportion of migrants in the village labor force in 2002 (%)
|
23.26
|
21.74
|
25.81
|
***
|
|
Lowest distance from village to the county center (km)
|
41.11
|
45.64
|
33.55
|
***
|
|
Sample size
|
2,673
|
1,673
|
1,000
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