Table 2 Descriptive statistics
From: The informal power configuration of local government and economic development policy in China
Variables | OBS | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Annual growth rate of per capita industrial output value from 1978–1998 (%) | 58 | 12.18 | 2.30 | 8.13 | 17.08 |
Annual growth rate of per capita industrial output value from 1952–1998 (%) | 58 | 12.09 | 2.22 | 5.41 | 17.96 |
Per capita non-state-owned industrial output value in 1998 | 58 | 19628.17 | 13961.54 | 1184.39 | 48343.86 |
Per capita non-state-owned and non-foreign-invested industrial output value in 1998 | 58 | 18495.25 | 13062.47 | 1168.37 | 45558.35 |
Strength of local guerrillas (1 = strong, 0 = weak) | 58 | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 |
Liberated by guerrilla (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 58 | 0.29 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 |
Liberated by field armies from Shandong (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 58 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 |
Population in 1952 (10,000) | 58 | 28.56 | 16.15 | 4.06 | 79.22 |
Per capita arable land in 1952 (hectare/10.000) | 58 | 982.58 | 309.87 | 148.00 | 1705.00 |
Per capita industrial output value in 1952 (Yuan, in 1998 price) | 58 | 98.70 | 77.48 | 15.38 | 458.22 |
Per capita industrial output value in 1978 (Yuan,in 1998 price) | 58 | 611.61 | 316.54 | 49.59 | 1507.66 |
Number of chinshihs in Ming and Qing Dynasties | 58 | 70.97 | 108.63 | 0 | 640 |
Average altitude (m) | 58 | 278.87 | 209.17 | 3.00 | 877.00 |
Share of flat ground in total county area (%) | 58 | 21.90 | 19.15 | 0.00 | 91.67 |
Length of coastline (km) | 58 | 40.25 | 88.32 | 0 | 494.92 |
Distance to Shanghai (km) | 58 | 262.03 | 108.00 | 51.15 | 456.75 |