Table 7.

Characteristics of farms in rural areas.

	Mean values, 2014			Δ in mean, 2008-14
	Administrative	Night light	Local nonfarm economy	Administrative	Night light	Local nonfarm economy
1 = Agricultural household	0.91	0.88***	0.94***	−0.07***	−0.05***	−0.03***
Among agricultural households:
Land size (ha)	2.52	2.46	2.53	0.06	0.08	0.22
1 = Purchases improved seed	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.09***	0.08***	0.08***
1 = Uses tractor for land preparation	0.07	0.07	0.05	0.04***	0.04***	0.02***
Land productivity (value crop production/ha cultivated, main season - millions TSh)a	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.00	0.00	0.00
Labor productivity (value crop production/labor day, main season - TSh)b	4619.31	4599.94	4574.15	718.24***	725.68***	582.96***
Distance to agricultural market (km)	10.13	9.87	10.21	−0.30	−0.44	−0.27
Proportion agricultural production sold	0.43	0.42	0.43	0.06***	0.06***	0.05***
1 = Sells crops at farm gate	0.67	0.68	0.67	0.11***	0.10***	0.09***
Obs. (agricultural households)	1763	1911	1663

Note: Asterisks in columns 2, 3, and 4 denote the level of statistical significance for a t-test of equality of mean values in this column and column 1. Asterisks in columns 5, 6, 7, and 8 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.

^aArea-adjusted weights are applied.

^bLabor day-adjusted weights are applied.