Table 4.

Sample means of variables

Variable	No. of observations	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Infestation level: cotton aphid	1,228	2.77	1.14	1	5
Infestation level: mirid bugs	1,228	2.14	1.19	1	5
Infestation level: cotton bollworm	1,228	3.05	1.31	1	5
No. of insecticide applications: cotton aphid	1,228	3.25	2.16	0	17
No. of insecticide applications: mirid bugs	1,228	2.17	2.17	0	14
No. of insecticide applications: cotton bollworm	1,228	5.07	4.11	0	33
Share of cotton area in total cultivated area, %	1,228	19.82	13.25	0.05	67.29
Share of Bt cotton area in total cotton area, %	1,228	57.55	45.50	0	100
Percentage of cultivated area, %	1,326	54.64	10.07	18.72	72.66
Percentage of forest area, %	1,326	5.02	9.41	0.03	60.52
Percentage of grassland area, %	1,326	4.27	6.69	0	33.18
Percentage of built-up area, %	1,326	25.61	7.52	7.79	56.58
Percentage of water body area, %	1,326	9.53	8.44	0.88	37.45
Percentage of unused land area, %	1,326	0.92	3.06	0	25.79
Land use diversity (Shannon diversity)	1,326	2.98	0.59	2.04	4.18
Monthly mean temperature, °C
May	1,275	20.46	1.82	14.31	24.75
June	1,275	24.79	1.90	18.1	28.6
July	1,275	26.93	1.79	20.28	31.28
August	1,275	25.67	1.87	20	30.78
Monthly total precipitation, mm
May	1,275	76.68	67.50	0	390.5
June	1,275	108.16	95.67	1.30	645.7
July	1,275	169.27	113.60	5.7	806.3
August	1,275	146.63	105.90	0.70	639.2