Table 2.
Variable description and descriptive statistics.
| Index name | Meaning | Description | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESA | Comprehensive index of efficient and sustainable agriculture | Calculated by entropy method | 0.355 | 0.125 | 0.058 | 0.803 |
| lnincome | Per capita disposable income of rural residents | Logarithm of per capita disposable income of rural residents | 9.187 | 0.462 | 7.539 | 10.270 |
| fis | Government financial support for agriculture | Expenditure on agriculture, forestry, and water affairs/total financial expenditure | 0.136 | 0.063 | 0.000 | 0.804 |
| dis | Crop disaster level | Affected area of crops/sown area of crops | 0.182 | 0.168 | 0.000 | 0.990 |
| power | Agricultural mechanization | Total power of agricultural machinery/cultivated area (kW/hm2) | 12.200 | 5.226 | 0.545 | 39.940 |
| urban | Urbanization rate | urban population/total population | 0.321 | 0.248 | 0.064 | 0.995 |
| emp | Employment structure of rural population | Number of employees in agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry and fishery of rural population/number of employees in rural areas | 0.450 | 0.146 | 0.030 | 0.971 |
| indu | Industrialization | Output value of secondary industry/GDP | 0.447 | 0.137 | 0.033 | 0.969 |