TABLE 1

Descriptive Statistics at Household Level

TotalSmallMediumLargeEastNorthSouthWest
Area Cultivated and Output
Yield per hectare ($)550.619860.385492.301***298.169***521.455568.117543.218573.325
Gross profit ($/ha)481.321766.014431.390***245.605***455.745476.319499.886488.057
Net shadow profit ($/ha)379.297604.028344.521***188.544***374.842375.905382.191383.173
Net profit ($/ha)125.392136.673135.245104.11783.183152.326102.305172.338
Total cultivated area0.3670.0480.180***0.878***0.4160.3070.3570.385
Input Use
Family labor (days/ha)452.448765.211383.676***207.532***444.476427.706474.214455.307
Hired labor (dummy)0.3910.2150.384***0.574***0.4200.4290.3220.414
Hired labor (days/ha)52.68165.22146.498**46.31955.39460.15434.85465.634
Used chem. Fertilizer?0.1480.0950.142***0.206***0.0430.2340.1190.210
if yes, amount (kg/ha)16.95124.55715.007*11.2525.06223.2537.81334.683
Used pesticides (%)0.0780.0450.086***0.1020.0320.1280.0670.092
If yes, amount (kg/ha)1.9322.7412.2600.788***1.9292.7530.9192.470
Used manure (Dummy)0.7310.6390.754***0.799**0.5250.8260.7730.796
Marginal Productsa
Male family labor ($)0.6660.4290.568***0.947***
Female family labor ($)0.5390.3600.477***0.783***
Area Shares
Land with grain0.4970.5220.497*0.471*0.5640.6000.4490.397
Land with tubers0.2430.2200.250**0.2580.1630.2210.2690.310
Land with tree crops0.2510.2450.2420.266**0.2640.1670.2720.285
Share of vegetable land0.0100.0120.0110.006**0.0090.0120.0100.008
Household Characteristics
Age of head46.55744.28646.672***48.718***45.42045.23448.96545.860
Female head0.2740.3290.291*0.202***0.2540.2640.3280.236
Primary school completed0.5760.5700.5700.5880.6010.5620.5680.574
Secondary education0.0670.0540.0570.091***0.0760.0600.0640.069
Number of members ≤ 142.1501.9752.113**2.362***2.2362.0632.0472.270
Number of members 15–351.5881.4141.585***1.767***1.5371.6861.5631.584
Number of members 35–600.8610.6700.855***1.059***0.8810.7910.9170.833
Number of members ≥ 600.2450.2120.2310.293**0.1930.2360.2880.252
Number of observations3,0801,0271,0311,022741666931742
  • Source: Own computation from 2010/2011 land tenure regularization baseline survey.

  • Note: Asterisks indicated significance levels for t-tests of the equality of means for each of the variables between terciles (* significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%). Two outliers with inexplicably high levels of fertilizer use are dropped from the largest tercile.

  • a Marginal products of male and female family labor (shadow wages) are calculated using the formula given in the note at the bottom of Table 3.