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Table 11 Statistical description of variables

From: Land tenure policy and off-farm employment in rural China

 

Female

Male

Variable

Mean

Std. Dev.

Mean

Std. Dev.

Off-farm employment participation rate

0.190

0.392

0.355

0.479

Wage employment participation rate

0.168

0.373

0.308

0.462

Self-employment participation rate

0.022

0.148

0.047

0.212

The proportion of engaged in farming

0.698

0.459

0.547

0.498

Employment participation rate

0.883

0.321

0.891

0.312

Land security Ă— year08

0.239

0.426

0.253

0.435

Land security Ă— year95

0.124

0.33

0.116

0.32

Land security

0.561

0.496

0.574

0.494

Year08

0.256

0.437

0.272

0.445

Year95

0.381

0.486

0.358

0.48

Age

36.773

13.096

37.666

13.689

Age squared

1523.733

1000.176

1606.098

1068.355

Education

6.160

3.070

7.478

2.604

Married

0.887

0.365

0.855

0.398

Ln land

1.720

0.857

1.712

0.861

Ln asset

8.210

1.287

8.21

1.286

Number of girls aged 6 or younger

0.117

0.345

0.113

0.339

Number of boys aged 6 or younger

0.142

0.370

0.134

0.362

Number of boys aged 7–14

0.276

0.519

0.238

0.496

Number of girls aged 7–14

0.225

0.491

0.209

0.473

Number of women aged 15–25

0.734

0.839

0.495

0.699

Number of men aged 15–25

0.531

0.678

0.714

0.783

Number of women aged 26–39

0.411

0.521

0.377

0.508

Number of men aged 26–39

0.417

0.547

0.451

0.579

Number of women aged 40–50

0.462

0.500

0.446

0.498

Number of men aged 40–50

0.422

0.496

0.416

0.497

Number of women aged 51–69

0.339

0.475

0.343

0.476

Number of men aged 51–69

0.398

0.494

0.435

0.503

Number of women aged 70 over

0.072

0.261

0.074

0.265

Number of men aged 70 over

0.048

0.213

0.048

0.213

Ln per capita income

8.164

0.602

8.164

0.599

Log consumption level

8.157

0.238

8.165

0.243

No. of obs.

28,813

31,580

  1. Source: The following data sources, if not specifically stated, are from CHIP