Sizing Up Transport Poverty Alleviation: A Structural Equation Modeling Empirical Analysis

Table 3

Estimation results of the variable coefficient and significance test.

Acting path	Estimate	SE	CR		Label	Standardized estimates
Material capital < --- road infrastructure	0.470	0.270	2.742	0.002	par_21	0.323
Geographical capital < --- road infrastructure	0.020	0.002	8.843		par_29	0.669
Social capital < --- material capital	4.697	2.485	1.980	0.039	par_13	0.458
Social capital < --- geographical capital	385.159	64.215	5.998		par_14	0.757
Traffic dominance < --- road infrastructure	1.000					0.804
Highway network density < --- road infrastructure	0.146	0.030	4.818		par_1	0.572
Poverty reduction effect < --- material capital	3599.722	3506.741	3.027		par_18	0.263
Poverty reduction effect < --- social capital	1509.292	576.523	2.618		par_19	1.132
Poverty reduction effect < --- geographical capital	7535.539	224994.298	3.033		par_25	0.011
Total power of agricultural machinery < -- social capital	1.000					0.702
Revenue from the public budget < ---highway network density	2291.362	534.740	4.285		par_17	0.166
Minority share < ---transport advantage	1414.846	263.234	5.375		par_27	0.284
Rural road investment < --- road infrastructure	0.053	0.017	3.201		par_2	0.230
Per capita housing construction area < --- material capital	1.000					0.163
Number of social welfare adoption units < --- material capital	0.755	0.451	2.675		par_3	0.213
The proportion of aging < --- material capital	0.006	0.003	2.986		par_4	0.412
Grain production < --- geographical capital	1558.083	1032.655	2.809		par_5	0.131
Urbanization rate < ---poverty reduction effect	0.007	0.001	7.897		par_6	0.615
Fixed-line users at the end of the year < --- social capital	699.746	114.571	6.108		par_7	0.401
Per capita GDP < ---poverty reduction effect	1.000					0.702
Revenue from the public budget < --- social capital	0.000	0.000	20.600		par_9	1.109
Fixed assets investment < --- social capital	8.685	0.681	12.760		par_20	0.959
Population density < --- geographical capital	1.000					0.726
The proportion of aging < --- total power of agricultural machinery	0.000	0.000	6.899		par_22	0.449
Per capita housing construction area < --- proportion of ethnic minorities	0.001	0.000	11.120		par_28	0.627

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