Table 5.

Correlations among variables used in our models

I. Characteristics of communities variables	Payment	Community-based activities	Cooperation between communities	Cooperation with outsiders	Slope	Distance to the town center
Payment	1.000
Community-based activities	–0.165	1.000
Cooperation between communities	0.079	–0.213	1.000
Cooperation with outsiders	–0.126	–0.053	–0.091	1.000
Slope	–0.092	0.144	–0.016	–0.025	1.000
Distance to the town center	–0.061	–0.108	–0.007	0.026	–0.188	1.000

II. Characteristics of farmers	Total farmland	Off-farm income dependency	Gender	Age	Successor	Labor	Machine	Crop type	Sales
Total farmland	1.000
Off-farm income dependency	0.043	1.000
Gender	–0.016	0.059	1.000
Age	0.011	0.313	–0.091	1.000
Successor	–0.024	–0.212	–0.035	–0.187	1.000
Labor	–0.013	0.065	–0.050	0.005	–0.010	1.000
Machine	–0.047	–0.035	0.041	0.025	–0.065	–0.055	1.000
Crop type	–0.005	0.031	0.025	–0.037	–0.016	–0.019	–0.034	1.000
Sales	–0.372	0.085	0.059	0.066	–0.035	–0.192	–0.274	–0.083	1.000