Research Article

Effect of Farmland Transfer on Poverty Reduction under Different Targeted Poverty Alleviation Patterns Based on PSM-DID Model in Karst Area of China

Table 4

Evaluation index system.

VariableVariable meaning

Natural capital (N)Per-capita arable land area (N1)Total arable land area of interviewed households/family size
Proportion of arable land (N2)Arable land area/total land area
Transportation conditions (N3)Local transportation convenience of interviewed households, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = fair, 1 = poor

Human capital (H)Number of family members in labor force (H1)Total number of household members in labor force/person
Average age of labor force (H2)The actual average age/years of labor force of the interviewed family
Average education level of labor force (H3)Average length-of-education/years of labor force of the interviewed family
Registered poor household card holder (H4)0 = No, 1 = Yes

Physical capital (P)Family Savings (P1)Interviewed household's amount of savings/RMB 10,000
Average annual income per resident (P2)Total annual income of interviewed family members/RMB 10,000

Financial capital (F)Agricultural equipment value (F1)Total value of machinery used by interviewed households for agricultural production/RMB 10,000
Ratio of agricultural income to total income (F2)The ratio of households' agricultural income to total income

Social capital (S)Participation in professional cooperatives (S1)Participation frequency of interviewed family in professional cooperatives/times
Participation in agricultural training (S2)Participation frequency of interviewed family in agricultural training/times
Nonagricultural profitable working hours (S3)The total time of nonagricultural profitable employment carried out by the interviewed household/months