Table 3

Descriptive Statistics by Type of Contract

Variable	Sharecropping (n = 248)		Fixed Rent (n = 105)		Difference
Variable	Mean	Std. Err.	Mean	Std. Err.	Difference
Plot Characteristics
Plot size	108.561	5.718	109.418	10.618
Imputed land value	12.328	0.629	14.711	1.142
Imputed land title	0.394	0.015	0.421	0.026
Rice plot	0.850	0.030	0.906	0.035
Hillside plot	0.061	0.019	0.037	0.023	^*
Lowland plot	0.109	0.026	0.096	0.037
Irrigated plot	0.730	0.036	0.840	0.044	^*
Distance from house to plot	31.751	2.106	35.228	4.786
Landlord Household Characteristics
L household size	5.629	0.178	5.321	0.319
L household dependency ratio	0.463	0.018	0.439	0.032
L age	51.658	1.214	55.865	1.819
L female	0.147	0.024	0.169	0.044
L education	5.092	0.276	5.557	0.681
L household assets per capita	1.929	0.198	2.658	0.947
L household income per capita	1.034	0.170	1.116	0.289
L household liquidity-constrained	0.248	0.035	0.252	0.055
Tenant Household Characteristics
T household size	5.566	0.197	6.007	0.301
T dependency ratio	0.441	0.019	0.404	0.024	^**
T age	37.777	0.700	40.184	1.333
T education	6.007	0.276	6.262	0.405	^**
T household assets per capita	2.794	0.383	3.539	0.663
T household income per capita	0.931	0.120	1.456	0.245	^**
T household liquidity-constrained	0.355	0.038	0.390	0.062
Landlord-Tenant Match Characteristics
T is kin	0.652	0.039	0.661	0.062
T introduced by kin	0.033	0.011	0.094	0.046
T introduced by other than kin	0.030	0.014	0.022	0.016
T is a friend	0.286	0.037	0.223	0.051
T chosen because kin	0.258	0.034	0.207	0.048
T chosen for his wealth	0.099	0.025	0.022	0.011
T chosen for his honesty	0.138	0.029	0.129	0.049
T chosen for his risk-bearing ability	0.002	0.002	0.008	0.008
T chosen to return a favor	0.005	0.003	0.000	0.000	^*
Time spent looking for a tenant	1.088	0.148	1.506	0.283
Other potential tenants considered	1.582	0.184	1.398	0.426
Relationship length	2.245	0.166	1.893	0.213
Geographical Indicators
Commune 1	0.118	0.021	0.041	0.020	^***
Commune 2	0.255	0.037	0.180	0.048
Commune 3	0.224	0.032	0.156	0.042
Commune 4	0.072	0.018	0.214	0.054	^**
Commune 5	0.287	0.040	0.231	0.062	^*
Commune 6	0.044	0.011	0.177	0.043	^**

Note: L, landlord; T, tenant.
↵*, **, *** Significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.