Table 3. The definition, valuation and... | Emerald Publishing

Table 3.

The definition, valuation and descriptive statistics of variables

Variable	Variable definition and description	Mean	SD
1. Explained variable
Farmers adopt modern irrigation technology	Whether farmers use modern irrigation techniques: 1 = yes; and 0 = no	0.572	0.463
2. Core explanatory variable
Degree of disaster loss	The proportion of income loss caused by drought caused by farmer households to total income (%)	0.417	0.395
Family labor security	Family male labor force (person)	1.803	0.971
Kinship support	The frequency with which families can get help from funds, in-kind, etc., from relatives: 1 = very few; 2 = less; 3 = general; 4 = more; and 5 = many	3.267	1.195
Neighborhood assistance	The frequency with which the neighbors are willing to help when the family is in desperate need of help: 1 = never; 2 = occasionally; 3 = general; 4 = often; and 5 = frequent	3.926	0.847
Agricultural insurance purchase	Whether the family purchased agricultural insurance: 0 = no; and 1 = yes	0.414	0.493
Bank loan	Whether the family has obtained loans from financial institutions such as credit unions: 0 = no; and 1 = yes	0.669	0.471
3. Control variable
Gender	0 = female; and 1 = male	0.554	0.498
Age	The actual age of the respondent (years)	51.54	10.28
Years of education	Years of receiving a formal education (years)	6.317	3.880
Years of farming	Years of agricultural production (years)	32.31	11.35
Family size	Family population (person)	4.418	1.514
Degree of arable land fragmentation	Number of cultivated land (block)	8.584	5.512
Land management scale	Family planting area (mu)	14.38	11.32
Distance from home to market	The distance between the farmer’s family and the nearest market (in)	6.761	4.890
Water price	The price of water in the village where the farmer is located is not high: 1 = not expensive; 2 = general; 3 = a little expensive; 4 = very expensive; and 5 = costly	3.550	1.220

Variable	Variable definition and description	Mean	SD
1. Explained variable
Farmers adopt modern irrigation technology	Whether farmers use modern irrigation techniques: 1 = yes; and 0 = no	0.572	0.463
2. Core explanatory variable
Degree of disaster loss	The proportion of income loss caused by drought caused by farmer households to total income (%)	0.417	0.395
Family labor security	Family male labor force (person)	1.803	0.971
Kinship support	The frequency with which families can get help from funds, in-kind, etc., from relatives: 1 = very few; 2 = less; 3 = general; 4 = more; and 5 = many	3.267	1.195
Neighborhood assistance	The frequency with which the neighbors are willing to help when the family is in desperate need of help: 1 = never; 2 = occasionally; 3 = general; 4 = often; and 5 = frequent	3.926	0.847
Agricultural insurance purchase	Whether the family purchased agricultural insurance: 0 = no; and 1 = yes	0.414	0.493
Bank loan	Whether the family has obtained loans from financial institutions such as credit unions: 0 = no; and 1 = yes	0.669	0.471
3. Control variable
Gender	0 = female; and 1 = male	0.554	0.498
Age	The actual age of the respondent (years)	51.54	10.28
Years of education	Years of receiving a formal education (years)	6.317	3.880
Years of farming	Years of agricultural production (years)	32.31	11.35
Family size	Family population (person)	4.418	1.514
Degree of arable land fragmentation	Number of cultivated land (block)	8.584	5.512
Land management scale	Family planting area (mu)	14.38	11.32
Distance from home to market	The distance between the farmer’s family and the nearest market (in)	6.761	4.890
Water price	The price of water in the village where the farmer is located is not high: 1 = not expensive; 2 = general; 3 = a little expensive; 4 = very expensive; and 5 = costly	3.550	1.220