Table 4

Descriptive Statistics by Type of Land Tenancy

Variable	Regular Tenancy (n = 128)		Reverse Tenancy (n = 225)		Difference
Variable	Mean	Std. Err.	Mean	Std. Err.	Difference
Plot Characteristics
Plot Size	108.173	7.135	109.152	6.826
Imputed land value	13.158	0.837	12.955	0.748
Imputed land title	0.375	0.021	0.415	0.017	^*
Rice plot	0.885	0.036	0.856	0.031
Hillside plot	0.046	0.021	0.058	0.020
Lowland plot	0.106	0.036	0.105	0.027
Irrigated plot	0.763	0.048	0.762	0.036
Distance from house to plot	28.401	2.933	35.090	2.702	^*
Landlord Household Characteristics
L household size	4.483	0.207	6.101	0.202	^***
L household dependency ratio	0.447	0.029	0.461	0.018
L age	53.302	1.964	52.670	1.204
L female	0.184	0.040	0.137	0.025
L education	5.710	0.462	4.971	0.352	^***
L household assets per capita	4.552	0.833	0.862	0.086	^***
L household income per capita	1.843	0.362	0.640	0.101	^***
L household liquidity-constrained	0.316	0.055	0.214	0.033	^**
Tenant Household Characteristics
T household size	5.997	0.265	5.534	0.211	^*
T dependency ratio	0.445	0.024	0.423	0.019
T age	37.958	1.066	38.760	0.794
T education	5.437	0.360	6.424	0.287	^*
T household assets per capita	1.051	0.099	4.055	0.484	^***
T household income per capita	0.660	0.097	1.311	0.159	^***
T household liquidity-constrained	0.369	0.054	0.364	0.041
Landlord-Tenant Match Characteristics
T is kin	0.663	0.053	0.650	0.042
T introduced by kin	0.052	0.020	0.050	0.022	^**
T introduced by other than kin	0.059	0.028	0.011	0.007
T is a friend	0.226	0.047	0.290	0.039
T chosen because kin	0.323	0.054	0.201	0.030
T chosen for his wealth	0.043	0.021	0.094	0.025
T chosen for his honesty	0.170	0.044	0.117	0.031	^*
T chosen for his risk-bearing ability	0.000	0.000	0.006	0.004
T chosen to return a favor	0.006	0.005	0.002	0.002	^*
Time spent looking for a tenant	1.229	0.161	1.200	0.186
Other potential tenants considered	1.363	0.177	1.616	0.258
Relationship length	2.176	0.221	2.124	0.168
Geographical Indicators
Commune 1	0.128	0.034	0.078	0.017
Commune 2	0.160	0.043	0.272	0.039
Commune 3	0.270	0.048	0.169	0.030	^*
Commune 4	0.094	0.023	0.124	0.029
Commune 5	0.285	0.057	0.263	0.041
Commune 6	0.063	0.023	0.094	0.020

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