Table 1

Index system for evaluating the resilience of farmers' livelihoods

Target layer (A)Dimension layer (K)Indicator layer (Z)Indicator description and definitionIndicator weightReference source
Livelihood resilienceBuffer capacity (0.37895)Per capita income (Z1)Ratio of annual total household income to total household population/yuan0.04464Zhao and Ren (2022), Liu et al. (2023), Guan and Yu (2021) 
Financial savings (Z2)Annual household income balance/yuan0.00034
Human capital (Z3)Number of household labor force/person0.01512
Residential type (Z4)Civil = 1, brick and wood = 2, brick and concrete = 3, others = 40.05379
Total housing area (Z5)Total housing area/square meter0.02789
Health status (Z6)The proportion of sick people in the total number of households0.00037
Production and living materials (Z7)Total number of production tools and durable goods owned0.02414
Cultivated land area (Z8)Total arable land area/mu0.05412
Forest area (Z9)Total forest area/mu0.15856
Self-organization (0.21686)Financial capital (Z10)Whether bank loans can be obtained; Yes = 1, No = 00.06272Wen et al. (2018) 
Family assistance opportunities (Z11)Number of households/households that will provide financial assistance when families urgently need assistance0.10620
Social organization participation (Z12)Degree of participation in village collective activities; Not participated = 1, less than 5 times a year = 2, 5–10 times a year = 3, 10–20 times a year = 4, more than 20 times a year = 50.04037
Neighborhood trust (Z13)The level of trust in the villagers of this village; Very untrustworthy = 1, untrustworthy = 2, average = 3, relatively untrustworthy = 4, very untrustworthy = 50.00536
Traffic reachability (Z14)Distance from residence to town market/meter0.00221
Learning ability (0.40419)Skills training opportunities (Z15)Number of times/time of participating in government organized agricultural and forestry production or employment technical training0.12294Chen et al. (2016) 
Education level of household head (Z16)Head of household education years/year0.01928
Outgoing working hours (Z17)Per capita time spent working outside/month0.05423
Number of migrant workers (Z18)Number of migrant workers/person0.05862
Family education investment (Z19)Amount/yuan of education investment by households in 20200.12490
Information skills exchange (Z20)Number/person of households using the internet0.02422

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