Farmer Autonomy in Sloping Land Conversion Program Participation (n = 345)
| Measure of Autonomy | % That Said “Yes” | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants, All (n = 264) | Shaanxi (n = 103) | Gansu (n = 85) | Sichuan (n = 76) | |
| Were the villagers asked their opinion about the project and how it could be best designed prior to the time that the project was implemented? | 42.8 | 41.7 | 41.2 | 46.1 |
| When your village began the SLCP, did your household have autonomy to choose whether to participate? | 61.7 | 72.8 | 43.5 | 67.1 |
| Did you have autonomy in choosing the types of trees to plant? | 36.0 | 47.6 | 34.1 | 22.4 |
| Did you have autonomy in choosing which areas to retire? | 34.5 | 53.4 | 15.3 | 30.3 |
| Did you have autonomy in choosing which plots to retire? | 29.9 | 40.8 | 12.9 | 34.2 |
| Nonparticipants, All (n = 81) | Shaanxi (n = 11) | Gansu (n = 34) | Sichuan (n = 36) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Could you participate in the SLCP if you wanted to? | 25.9 | 45.5 | 29.4 | 16.7 |
Source: Adapted from Table 5 in Xu et al. 2004, with a different subsample.