Table 2 Basic characteristics of rural household
Type | Ecol. fragile areas in Northwest China | Areas in the Loess Plateau | Arid desert areas in Northwest China | Areas in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of samples/household | 1118 | 478 | 326 | 314 | |
Income-level | ≤ 10,000% | 12.08 | 14.23 | 14.42 | 6.37 |
10,000–30,000/% | 35.96 | 40.38 | 41.10 | 23.89 | |
30,000–50,000/% | 30.86 | 34.10 | 30.06 | 26.75 | |
50,000–100,000/% | 15.65 | 9.83 | 11.35 | 28.98 | |
≥ 100,000/% | 5.46 | 1.46 | 3.07 | 14.01 | |
Family size/person | 3.49 | 3.83 | 2.99 | 3.47 | |
Income type | Purely agricultural/% | 30.05 | 20.29 | 24.23 | 50.96 |
Part-time agricultural/% | 37.84 | 40.90 | 36.81 | 34.39 | |
Non-agricultural/% | 32.11 | 38.91 | 38.96 | 14.65 | |