Research Article
[Retracted] The Impact of Rural Labor Force Feminizing Fluctuation on Grain Production and its Regional Differences: Evidence from China
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for the total sample, 2002–2018, N = 442.
| | Variable | Symbol | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum |
| | Grain sown area (1000 Ha) | | 4220.52 | 2757.64 | 282.48 | 14283.1 | | Ratio female workforce (%) | | 49.65 | 0.99 | 46.57 | 52.86 | | Price of grain (RMB) | | 72.65 | 14.55 | 31.59 | 104.41 | | Labor cost (RMB) | | 51.20 | 27.89 | 7.5 | 126.82 | | Ratio of mechanization (%) | | 55.91 | 23.88 | 3.60 | 98.85 | | Food per capita (kg) | | 468.44 | 315.90 | 101.51 | 1992.36 | | Power of machinery (MW) | | 32886.2 | 27300.0 | 2102.3 | 133530 | | Industrialization (%) | | 87.41 | 5.42 | 65.4 | 96.6 | | Irrigated area (1000 Ha) | | 2286.26 | 1445.81 | 168.3 | 6119.57 | | Ratio mechanization (%) | | 55.91 | 23.88 | 3.60 | 98.85 |
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Sources: authors’ calculations based on data provided by the official statistical yearbook.
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