Variable

Definition

Description

Mean

Standard Deviation

Min

Max

$W$

Marriage expenditure

Unit: yuan

179.22

281.91

2

4000

$C$

Degree of “keeping-up with the Joneses”

As shown in formula (2)

0.32

7.49

−23.21

27.76

$Com$

Atmosphere of “keeping-up with the Joneses”

When $C<0$ , $Com=0$ ;

When $C\ge 0$ , $Com=1$

0.57

0.50

0

1

$Long$

Long-term income level

Agricultural land area;

Unit: hectare

1.99

6.49

0.06

274.14

$Gap$

Income gap

The standard deviation of agricultural land area;

Unit: hectare

1.77

5.33

0.22

44.91

$Short$

Short-term income level

Per capita production;

Unit: kilogram per grain/ person

400.30

362.22

0

3854.24

$Credit$

Credit availability

Percentage of rural households with borrowing

37.52

21.48

4.95

96

$Borrow$

Borrowing for non-production

Unit: Silver dollar

76.23

321.73

0

9195

$Labor$

Number of laborers

Unit: person

4.03

2.47

0

24

$D_{dong}$

Winter wheat and millet region

Whether happened in this region: no = 0, yes = 1

0.22

0.41

0

1

$D_{yang}$

Yangtze rice and wheat region

Whether happened in this region: no = 0, yes = 1

0.23

0.42

0

1

$D_{cha}$

Rice and tea region

Whether happened in this region: no = 0, yes = 1

0.23

0.42

0

1

$D_{liang}$

Twice-harvest rice region

Whether happened in this region: no = 0, yes = 1

0.06

0.24

0

1

$D_{xi}$

Southwest rice region

Whether happened in this region: no = 0, yes = 1

0.12

0.33

0

1