Table 2.
Descriptive statistics: full study period and by decade
| FULL SAMPLE | SUBSAMPLES BY DECADE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N=390) | 1950-1959 (N=90) | 1960-1969 (N=106) | 1970-1980 (N=194) | |
| Infant mortality rate | 74.43 (42.74) | 128.06 (38.17) | 79.14 (30.48) | 46.97 (19.80) |
| Under-five mortality rate | 104.65 (68.98) | 193.64 (69.92) | 107.33 (43.13) | 61.90 (28.10) |
| Crude death rate | 9.52 (4.08) | 13.08 (2.67) | 11.29 (5.21) | 6.92 (1.07) |
| Education | ||||
| Primary education enrolment (% of children age 6-11) | 0.81 (0.16) | 0.68 (0.13) | 0.73 (0.15) | 0.91 (0.10) |
| Secondary and higher education enrolment (% of children age 12-18 and 18-21) | 0 .15 (0.11) | 0.05 (0.03) | 0.08 (0.03) | 0.24 (0.09) |
| Health | ||||
| # of hospital beds per 10,000 persons | 15.88 (8.45) | 8.88 (8.20) | 14.63 (6.81) | 19.81 (6.96) |
| # of doctors per 10,000 persons | 11.58 (5.91) | 8.26 (4.76) | 12.44 (5.90) | 12.65 (5.85) |
| percentage of province-years with public health interventions (%) | ||||
| sanitary campaigns | 72% (0) | 80% (0) | 64% (0) | 73% (0) |
| vaccinations | 70% (0) | 63% (0) | 70% (0) | 74% (0) |
| reproductive health | 62% (0) | 82% (0) | 42% (0) | 63% (0) |
| mosquito vector controls | 28% (0) | 37% (0) | 19% (0) | 29% (0) |
| other infectious disease controls | 45% (0) | 44% (0) | 44% (0) | 46% (0) |
| percentage of province-years with campaign against malnutrition (%) | 3% (0.17) | 4% (0.21) | 3% (0.17) | 2% (0.14) |
| Control variables: other socioeconomic characteristics of provinces | ||||
| Total population (10,000 persons) | 2998.0 (1803.9) | 2457.1 (1501.2) | 2602.7 (1565.0) | 3465.0 (1935.4) |
| Birthrate | 27.59 (8.88) | 32.7 (4.80) | 31.7 (9.30) | 22.82 (7.48) |
| Per cent of population over age 60 | 6.8% (0.01) | 7.1% (0.01) | 6.4% (0.01) | 6.8% (0.01) |
| Per cent of population under age 5 | 13.4% (0.03) | 14.5% (0.02) | 14.4% (0.02) | 12.5% (0.03) |
| Per cent of population Male | 51.6% (0.01) | 51.9% (0.02) | 51.8% (0.01) | 51.4% (0.01) |
| Per cent rural population (agricultural residents) | 78.4% (0.20) | 77.7% (0.23) | 76.7% (0.21) | 79.7% (0.18) |
| Per capita agricultural production (10,000 tons) | 1.24 (1.15) | 0.28 (0.32) | 0.82 (0.50) | 1.91 (1.22) |
| Per capita production of grain (10,000 tons) | 0.295 (0.06) | 0.287 (0.06) | 0.259 (0.06) | 0.318 (0.05) |
| Per capita production of fruit (10,000 tons) | 0.007 (0.01) | 0.007 (0.01) | 0.007 (0.01) | 0.007 (0.01) |
| GDP (current price, 100 Million RMB) | 72.83 (60.13) | 34.88 (20.14) | 46.10 (26.25) | 105.05 (67.96) |
| Per capita investment in fixed assets (current price) | 0.004 (0.00) | 0.003 (0.00) | 0.003 (0.00) | 0.006 (0.00) |
| Per capita local revenue (current price) | 0.005 (0.00) | 0.003 (0.00) | 0.004 (0.00) | 0.006 (0.00) |
| General retail price index (preceding year=100) | 103.12 (45.83) | 100.78 (2.01) | 100.52 (7.50) | 105.62 (64.72) |
Standard deviations in parentheses
N= number of province-years