Table 3 Summary statistics. Men

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	12,854		586		10,146		7994		31,580
Age	36.16	13.53	41.51	13.30	36.52	13.62	41.26	13.36	0.090
Education level	7.19	2.75	7.87	2.38	7.47	2.64	7.91	2.25	0.080
Marry status	0.90	0.35	0.80	0.43	0.83	0.41	0.81	0.43	0.020
Log land	1.94	0.76	1.09	1.28	1.80	0.75	1.29	0.93	0.440***
Log asset	7.49	1.28	8.01	1.42	7.57	1.26	8.14	1.36	0.320***
Log per capita income	8.02	0.53	8.77	0.40	8.00	0.59	8.56	0.51	− 0.100***
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	11.37	34.49	9.56	30.56	11.20	33.50	11.30	33.87	0.020
Boys aged 6 or younger	13.72	37.06	8.36	27.71	13.14	35.41	13.57	36.51	0.050***
Boys aged 7–14	28.10	54.04	13.48	35.65	25.17	49.95	16.07	40.71	0.030
Girls aged 7–14	25.36	52.04	12.12	34.69	21.46	47.20	13.51	38.29	0.010
Women aged 15–25	53.86	72.79	37.37	60.93	51.36	70.45	41.21	64.05	0.040
Men aged 15–25	77.37	78.78	55.63	69.75	77.20	81.51	55.50	71.10	0.000
Women aged 26–39	36.44	49.17	34.81	49.09	38.25	50.22	39.29	54.02	0.040**
Men aged 26–39	41.29	54.52	50.34	60.27	43.05	55.82	53.47	64.36	0.030
Women aged 40–50	45.94	49.95	43.34	51.62	45.96	49.84	41.01	49.19	0.020
Men aged 40–50	43.39	50.02	36.18	48.80	44.38	49.98	35.55	48.16	0.010
Women aged 51–69	27.95	45.19	46.08	49.89	30.02	45.90	49.20	50.00	0.030
Men aged 51–69	37.19	49.16	55.29	50.78	38.40	49.04	59.21	50.13	0.040*
Women aged 70 over	6.84	25.36	5.97	25.79	7.46	26.31	8.36	28.48	0.020**
Men aged 70 over	4.54	20.81	3.58	18.60	4.97	21.73	4.97	21.78	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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