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| Livelihood capital | Measured variable | Meaning and description of assignment |
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| Natural capital | Culture area of paddy field | Breeding area of actual paddy fields of families |
| Cultivated area | Actual cultivated land area per capita |
| Fishery input-output ratio | Fishing input/fishing output |
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| Physical capital | Housing type and area | Concrete house = 1.0, brick-wood house = 0.75, civil house = 0.5, shed circle = 0.25; 5 rooms and above = 1.0, 4 rooms = 0.75, 3 rooms = 0.5, 2 rooms = 0.25, 1 room = 0 |
| Number of fishing boats | Wooden boat = 1, mixed structure boat = 2, steel boat = 3, glass fiber reinforced plastic boat = 4, aluminum alloy boat = 5, steel mesh cement boat = 6 |
| Financial capital | Annual income of fishermen’s families | RMB 90,000 or more = 6; RMB 70,000–90,000 = 5; RMB 50,000–70,000 = 4; RMB 30,000–50,000 = 3; RMB 10,000–30,000 = 2; less than RMB 10,000 = 1 |
| Opportunity to get a loan | Very difficult = 1, relatively difficult = 2, general = 3, relatively easy = 4, easy = 5 |
| Opportunities for unpaid cash assistance | Yes = 1, no = 0 |
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| Human capital | Proportion of labor force to family population | Proportion of number of labor force to the total number of families |
| Educational level of the main labor force in the family | Illiteracy = 1, primary school = 2, junior high school = 3, senior high school or technical secondary school = 4, junior college or above = 5 |
| Non-agricultural employment skills of householder | Yes = 1, no = 0 |
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| Social capital | Number of relatives and friends | Number of relatives and friends around Honghu |
| Level of trust in people around the fishery | Very trust = 1, relatively trust = 0.75, general = 0.5, not very trust = 0.25, very distrust = 0 |
| Degree of understanding of the fishing prohibition policy | Very unknown = 1, unknown = 2, general = 3, known = 4, very well-known = 5 |
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