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| Variable code | Description | Expected effect |
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| Dependent variable | | |
| WILLINGNESS | Stated decision to join in forest cooperatives, 1 if willing, 0 otherwise | NA |
| Explanatory variables | | |
| Landowner profile variable | | |
| AGE < 60 | 1 if respondent is younger than 60 years, 0 otherwise | + |
| EDUCATION | 1 = illiterate, 2 = primary school, 3 = middle school, 4 = high school,
5 = college, or above | + |
| HEALTH | Whether respondent is in good health (1 = healthy, 0 = unhealthy) | − |
| LEADER | Whether respondent is a village committee leader (1 = yes, 0 = no) | + |
| Household variable | | |
| WORKINDIVID | Number of working individuals in a household | − |
| FOREST_ACTV | Whether the household has been engaged in forestry activities (1 = yes, 0 = no) | + |
| OUTSIDEWORK | Whether the family member working outside (1 = yes, 0 = no) | − |
| INCOME | Percentage of forestry income in total household annual income (%) | + |
| Resource endowment variables | | |
| L_ACREAGE | Logarithm of the forest acreage of the household (mu*) | + |
| TRANSFER | Whether household has transferred forestland to others (1 = yes, 0 = no) | − |
| Institutional variables | | |
| HEARDFC | Whether respondent has heard of forest cooperatives (1 = yes, 0 = no) | + |
| FUNCTIONFC | Participating in forest cooperatives is helpful to you
(1 = strongly agree, 2 = agree, 3 = disagree, 4 = don’t know) | − |
| F_REFORM | Forest tenure reform participation would be beneficial to you
(1 = agree, 2 = neither agree nor disagree, 3 = disagree) | − |
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