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. 2020 Oct;79:254–268. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.08.014

Table 6.

Income shares in rural population (proportions).

Mean values, 2014
Δ in mean, 2008-14
Administrative Night light Local nonfarm economy Administrative Night light Local nonfarm economy
Crop 0.40 0.37** 0.42 −0.05*** −0.04*** −0.05***
Livestock 0.11 0.10 0.12 −0.02*** −0.01*** −0.01***
Ag wage income 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.04*** 0.04*** 0.05***
Self-employment 0.19 0.21 0.17* −0.01 −0.02** −0.02**
Non-ag wage income 0.11 0.12 0.09* 0.03*** 0.01*** 0.01**
Transfers 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.03*** 0.03*** 0.03***
Other 0.01 0.01 0.01 −0.02*** −0.02*** −0.01***
Share farm income 0.60 0.57** 0.64** −0.02*** −0.01* −0.01
Obs. 1968 2203 1776

Note: Asterisks in columns 2 and 3 denote the level of statistical significance for a t-test of equality of mean values in this column and column 1. Asterisks in columns 4, 5, and 6 denote the level of statistical significance for a t-test of equality of mean values in the first and most recent survey wave, using the rural definition in a given column. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.