Research Article

Coupling Coordination Degree Measurement and Forecast of Poverty Alleviation, Energy Conservation, and Ecological Protection: Evidence from 30 Provinces and Cities in China

Table 1

Descriptive statistical analysis of the variables.

SystemScaleVariableMeanStd. devMinMax

Poverty alleviationEconomic developmentPer capita GDP (yuan)50105.726529.812882.0164563.0
Ratio of the output value of the service industry (%)48.19.132.583.7
Gross industrial output value (100 million yuan)9816.08667.8444.243507.5
LivelihoodPer capita disposable income of urban population (yuan)29184.710463.013189.073849.0
Social securityFiscal expenditure on public services (100 million yuan)433.0265.551.81855.3
Total retail sales of consumer goods (100 million yuan)9351.37904.6351.042951.8
Student-teacher ratio of primary schools (students for every teacher)16.42.411.322.0
Number of medical staff (for every 10000 people)60.017.225.0155.0
Number of beds in health care institutions (for every 10000 people)50.411.125.175.5

Energy conservationEnergy security pressureRatio of energy consumption per GDP (tons of standard coal for every 10000 yuan)0.90.50.22.3
Energy supply and demand stateEnergy supply and demand rate (%)97.3111.89.7484.3
Fossil energy production share (%)8.716.00.080.3
Growth rate of total energy consumption (%)3.75.3-18.024.2
Growth rate of fossil energy consumption (%)18.016.30.097.9
Energy system impactEnergy consumption elasticity0.22.2-34.810.8
Energy development responseProportion of electrical energy (%)15.93.78.025.8

Ecological protectionEcological environment levelCover rate of forests (%)34.318.14.266.8
Water resources per capita (㎥)2180.32540.851.916018.3
Ecological environment pollutionDischarge capacity of wastewater (10000 tons)56.150.92.0293.8
Discharge capacity of sulfur dioxide (10000 tons)49.540.20.2182.7
Ecological environment protectionInvestment in environmental pollution regulation (100 million yuan)137.694.614.9747.4
Harmless treatment rate of domestic garbage (%)90.613.138.0100.0