Table 4 Descriptive statistics by Yigong-daizhen status

Income per capita

1457.83

(973.91)

1367.91*

(848.71)

1471.72

(991.29)

Total population

1439.40

(1072.93)

1664.12***

(1178.29)

1404.69

(1051.75)

Number of migrants

91.86

(133.77)

140.23***

(203.20)

84.49

(118.06)

Share of migrants

0.06

(0.06)

0.07***

(0.08)

0.06

(0.06)

Irrigated land (mu)

1107.36

(1724.88)

1184.27

(1754.51)

1095.48

(1720.38)

Proportion of land steeper than 25 degrees (%)

24.52

(29.30)

27.25*

(31.84)

24.10

(28.87)

The distance from the village committee seat to the nearest tarred road

6.75

(23.63)

8.89*

(55.85)

6.42

(12.86)

Distance from village committee seat to township seat

5.38

(5.30)

5.83

(6.08)

5.31

(5.17)

Number of fellow villagers working at township

2.32

(4.46)

2.76**

(4.50)

2.25

(4.45)

Illiterate person in 1997

59.52

(110.94)

63.27

(87.32)

58.94

(114.16)

Any tarred road passing through your village? 1 = yes; 2 = no

1.68

(0.47)

1.71

(0.45)

1.67

(0.47)

Observations

2430

325

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