Table 3.
Comparisons of CCFP-participating households and nonparticipants in study sites.
| Features | Anhui | Shanxi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCFP participants | Non-participants | Difference in means | CCFP participants | Non-participants | Difference in means | |
| Individual (aged 16–55) | N=662 | N=472 | N=324 | N=274 | ||
| Proportion of females | 0.50 (0.50) | 0.53 (0.50) | −0.03 | 0.47 (0.50) | 0.51 (0.50) | −0.04 |
| Person’s age | 34.8 (12.4) | 35.4 (12.4) | −0.60 | 33.5 (12.5) | 33.2 (12.0) | 0.30 |
| Education, years | 6.97 (3.54) | 6.90 (3.66) | 0.07 | 8.09 (3.25) | 8.09 (3.59) | −0.01 |
| Proportion married | 0.71 (0.45) | 0.72 (0.45) | 0.00 | 0.61 (0.49) | 0.66 (0.48) | −0.05 |
| Household | N=235 | N=175 | N=99 | N=100 | ||
| Household size | 2.93 (1.39) | 3.01 (1.33) | −0.08 | 3.13 (1.55) | 2.95 (1.27) | 0.18 |
| Number of adults aged 16–55 | 2.82 (0.98) | 2.70 (0.99) | 0.12 | 2.97 (1.12) | 2.74 (1.18) | 0.23 |
| Number of female adult aged 16–55 | 1.42 (0.71) | 1.44 (0.69) | −0.02 | 1.55 (0.85) | 1.41 (0.78) | 0.14 |
| Adults with primary school completed (5+) | 0.64 (0.30) | 0.63 (0.34) | 0.01 | 0.87 (0.26) | 0.83 (0.31) | 0.04 |
| Head’s age | 49.5 (9.76) | 49.1 (9.60) | 0.38 | 46.1 (9.2) | 43.0 (12.8) | 3.09 |
| Head’s education, years | 6.24 (2.84) | 5.93 (3.12) | 0.31 | 7.08 (3.07) | 7.02 (3.08) | 0.06 |
| Elevation (100m) | 6.93 (1.08) | 6.48 (0.88) | 0.46** | 10.2 (1.19) | 9.82 (1.27) | 0.34 |
| Per capita cropland (mu) | 1.96 (1.80) | 1.70 (1.49) | 0.27 | 3.73 (3.04) | 2.69 (4.55) | 1.04 |
| Wealth score (0–35) | 20.9 (5.0) | 20.5 (4.9) | 0.41 | 19.7 (4.2) | 19.3 (3.9) | 0.36 |
| Proportion of households raising animals | 0.85 (0.36) | 0.81 (0.40) | 0.05 | 0.41 (0.50) | 0.29 (0.46) | 0.12 |
| Mean income from local off-farm work (100yuan) | 132 (241) | 127 (169) | 5.10 | 104 (148) | 85 (123) | 19.4 |
**
p < 0.05
Notes: Standard deviations are shown in parentheses.