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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)
Livestock assets (yuan)

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.



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