Research Article

The Peer Effects of the Usage of Credit Cards in Rural Areas of China: Evidence from Rural China

Table 3

Estimation results of the peer effects.

Variablesccusccusccus
(1)(2)(3)

pccu4.484 (15.522)4.558 (12.923)4.466 (10.554)
tpay≤0.001 (1.093)≤0.001 (1.042)
tincome≤0.001 (2.404)≤0.001 (2.438)
age−0.006 (−1.840)−0.006 (−1.828)
sex0.131 (1.751)0.129 (1.724)
edu0.038 (3.334)0.039 (3.339)
sc0.033 (1.301)0.034 (1.323)
tp0.029 (1.778)0.029 (1.809)
loandemand−0.162 (−2.175)−0.164 (−2.215)
peersex−0.140 (−0.629)−0.155 (−0.686)
peerage0.007 (1.089)0.006 (0.756)
peersc−0.024 (−0.323)−0.010 (−0.119)
peeredu−0.025 (−0.806)−0.036 (−0.996)
peertincome−0.001 (−1.983)−0.001 (−1.483)
cuntraffic−0.032 (−0.320)−0.023 (−0.226)
cunwifi0.028 (0.183)0.055 (0.356)
pdistance≤0.001 (1.329)≤0.001 (0.702)
Constant−1.819 (−32.390)−2.137 (−4.392)−2.024 (−3.228)
Regional controlNoNoYes
Observations243524352435
Pseudo R-squared0.1040.1500.151

Note:,, and indicate significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively. The number in parenthesis is T value. The same goes for subsequent tables.