Table 2 Summary statistics. Women

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

	Control				Treatment				Difference-in-differences
	Pre-reform		Post-reform		Pre-reform		Post-reform		Difference-in-differences
	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Mean	S.D.	Land security × policy
Observations	12,130		512		9294		6877		28,813
Age	35.47	13.02	41.20	12.39	35.79	12.99	40.07	12.78	− 0.560
Education level	5.70	3.28	7.24	2.43	5.97	3.20	7.15	2.16	0.270*
Legal status	0.93	0.33	0.88	0.36	0.86	0.38	0.85	0.39	− 0.010
Log land	1.95	0.76	1.09	1.35	1.79	0.75	1.28	0.93	0.460****
Log asset	7.48	1.28	8.08	1.39	7.56	1.27	8.14	1.38	0.260***
Log per capita income	8.02	0.54	8.76	0.42	8.01	0.59	8.58	0.51	− 0.060**
Log consumption_level	8.03	0.04	8.56	0.04	8.00	0.03	8.56	0.04	− 0.003*
Girls aged 6 or younger	12.08	35.28	9.38	29.84	11.64	34.15	11.33	34.04	0.020
Boys aged 6 or younger	14.86	38.17	8.40	27.76	13.96	36.17	13.92	36.65	0.060***
Boys aged 7–14	32.62	56.56	15.04	37.39	28.64	51.97	18.12	41.99	0.030
Girls aged 7–14	27.30	53.97	11.52	33.75	22.75	49.02	14.53	39.04	0.030
Women aged 15–25	79.47	86.63	52.73	72.91	76.99	84.98	59.27	76.25	0.070*
Men aged 15–25	56.45	68.78	44.34	61.67	55.23	70.22	44.93	62.43	0.010
Women aged 26–39	39.23	50.10	38.28	50.63	41.33	51.22	44.31	56.55	0.060**
Men aged 26–39	39.15	52.08	42.58	55.11	41.32	53.60	46.59	59.90	0.040
Women aged 40–50	47.11	50.08	44.92	50.96	46.73	49.96	43.86	49.62	− 0.010
Men aged 40–50	43.68	49.80	39.06	48.84	43.53	49.76	38.05	48.76	− 0.010
Women aged 51–69	28.43	45.54	44.73	49.77	30.33	46.04	47.48	49.94	0.030
Men aged 51–69	33.85	47.93	51.37	50.81	36.27	48.33	54.15	50.32	0.030
Women aged 70 over	6.61	25.05	4.30	20.30	7.38	26.19	8.04	27.99	0.040***
Men aged 70 over	4.56	20.86	3.32	17.93	5.09	21.98	4.77	21.38	0.010

Source: The following data sources, if not specifically stated, are from CHIP
Notes: (.): Standard error; significant at the 1% (***), 5% (**) and 10% (*) level respectively

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