Table 2. Correlations between vegetation change area percentages and socioeconomic factors.

	Area ratio of different vegetation change trends
Change from 2000–2010	Browning (a < 0, p < 0.05)	Greening (0 < a, p < 0.05)
Total population	0.53**
Working age population (15–64)	0.48**
Total employment	0.50**
Urban employment	0.68***	−0.41*
Gross Domestic Product		0.42*
First industry product	−0.68***	0.42*
Invest	−0.44*
Household consumption expenditures		0.37*
Rural household consumption expenditures		0.42*
Per capita consumption Expenditures of rural households	−0.50**	0.52**

*Significant at p < 0.05;

**Significant at p < 0.01;

***Significant at p < 0.001.