Table 1.

Summary statistics of demographic variables and sample sizes for the study populations

Village number	Village name	Population size*	Percentage of migrants in sample†	Percentage of non-Korwas‡	Distance from major town, km§	PGG players (n)	Salt takers (n)
1	Chipni Paani	27	92 (12)	0	24	12	11
2	Mahua Bathaan	61	32 (22)	16	44	18	22
3	Jog Paani	64	53 (19)	25	47	7	13
4	Semar Kona	64	29 (17)	17	24	9	13
5	Bihidaand	73	48 (21)	21	33	15	15
6	Khunta Paani	97	52 (31)	27	36	22	27
7	Kaua Daahi	102	41 (32)	0	46	18	24
8	Pareva Aara	111	44 (36)	14	42	24	34
9	Musakhol	117	37 (30)	26	35	16	16
10	Kharranagar	125	42 (38)	0	50	24	37
11	Tedha Semar	141	40 (30)	3	45	19	12
12	Vesra Paani	157	25 (44)	25	27	22	20
13	Barghat	194	31 (42)	10	41	24	9
14	Aama Naara	207	33 (43)	6	69	30	9
15	Bakrataal	254	54 (39)	7	26	15	28
16	Ghatgaon	957	15 (47)	5	13	26	12

A total of 301 individuals participated in the PGG, and 302 made the salt decision across 16 villages; 190 individuals participated in both. Not all PGG players received salt; they were not offered any salt if it ran out before they collected their payments. Not all those who received salt participated in the PGG.

*Includes all adults and children residing in the focal village.

^†Numbers in parentheses indicate the size of the sample used to estimate the proportion of migrants. Migrants are individuals (Pahari Korwas) currently residing in the focal village but born in another village. Migration often follows marriage, particularly for females.

^‡Percentage of the focal village population that was not Pahari Korwa.

^§Distance from Ambikapur, the largest town in the study region.