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Table 1. Descriptive statistics of participating and nonparticipating households.
Participants (as of 2005) |
Nonparticipants | |
Samples in Panel Data No. of households in sample - 1999 |
0 |
270 |
No. of households in sample - 2002 |
201 |
69 |
No. of households in sample - 2004 |
230 |
40 |
No. of individuals in sample - 1999 |
0 |
1,010 |
No. of individuals in sample - 2002 |
768 |
242 |
No. of individuals in sample - 2004 |
935 |
155 |
Program Characteristics - 2004 Number of years in program (years) |
4.5 |
n.a. |
Program area (mu) |
9.3 |
n.a. |
Ratio of program area to total land |
48.7 |
n.a. |
holdings (%) Household Characteristics - 2002 Schooling of household head |
4.8 |
4.7 |
(years) Age of household head (years) |
47 |
48 |
Total land holdings (mu) |
13.7 |
10.0 |
Number of household members |
3.8 |
3.6 |
over age 15 (persons) Average age of household members |
39 |
41 |
over age 15 (years) Average educational attainment of |
4.7 |
4.4 |
household members over age 15 (years) Asset Holdings per Capita (1999) |
88 |
113 |
Consumer durables (yuan) |
461 |
481 |
Fixed productive assets (yuan) |
231 |
147 |
Loans, productive (yuan) |
35 |
25 |
Loans, consumption (yuan) |
459 |
192 |
Bank savings (yuan) |
42 |
14 |
Total asset value (yuan) |
1,338 |
972 |
Note: Zero values were included when calculating the means for asset holdings per capita.