Table 1

Descriptive statistics of rural housing, households and villages

VariablesMean (S.D)MaxMin
Housing characteristics (Obs. = 27,034)Building area (m2)Main rooms203.63 (101.10)1,395.543.81
Auxiliar rooms47.37 (62.47)1,127.700
Shed7.05 (27.46)926.460
Total258.06 (127.50)2,240.064.36
Homestead area (m2)Main rooms90.53 (32.83)465.183.81
Auxiliar rooms39.75 (48.22)913.700
Shed7.03 (27.22)926.460
Total137.32 (68.39)1,191.794.36
Floor area ratio (FAR)Main rooms2.18 (0.57)5.081
Auxiliar rooms0.80 (0.61)4.340
Shed0.18 (0.38)20
Total1.89 (0.49)5.081
Household characteristics (Obs. = 27,034)Household size3.45 (1.46)151
Number of Household heads1.56 (0.67)71
Number of household labors2.54 (1.24)130
Number of urban household Hukou2.00 (1.76)140
Age of household head43.23 (10.53)6516
Gender of household head (1 = male)0.74 (0.44)10
Village characteristics (Obs. = 66)Road network density (km/km2)3.35 (0.83)5.421.52
Convenience-of-living (number/km2)58.11 (76.85)160.490.39
Proportion of cultivated land0.21 (0.16)0.570.0002
Distance to downtown (km)20.61 (12.33)46.928.05
Distance to town (km)2.85 (1.28)5.790.26

Source(s): Authors' own work

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