Research Article

Social Interaction and Stock Market Participation: Evidence from China

Table 1

Means and correlations of the variables.

Correlation

Mean0.35280.18320.06830.06400.01470.00630.00750.00350.48690.16370.0265
1
0.1971***1
0.1251***0.0626***1
0.0464***0.0829***0.0374***1
0.0535***0.0515***0.0969***0.1344***1
0.0463***0.0377***0.1259***0.1048***0.2254***1
0.0429***0.0231***0.1828***0.0432***0.0687***0.1330***1
0.0328***0.0248***0.0950***0.0549**0.1718***0.1869***0.0943***1
0.0200**0.01300.0125*0.0789***0.0312***0.0231***0.00450.0220***1
0.00750.0741***0.0205***0.2113***0.0817***0.0523***0.00500.0786***0.2723***1
0.0465***0.0664***0.0685***0.1917***0.1380***0.1028***0.0359***0.1782***0.0994***0.3274***1
Age−0.0529***−0.0674***−0.1029***0.00630.0041−0.0294***−0.0297***−0.0409***0.0106−0.1471***−0.1044***
Education0.01160.1459***0.0617***0.2142***0.1049***0.0983***0.0367***0.1040***0.0970***0.2931***0.2614***
Residence0.0236***−0.0871***−0.0053−0.3174***−0.1087***−0.0633***−0.0121−0.0595***−0.1215***−0.3084***−0.2596***
Wealth0.0207***0.0157**0.00970.0292***0.0152*−0.0015−0.00200.00040.0227***0.0527***0.1005**
0.0283***0.0317***0.0354***0.1200***0.0367***0.0293***0.00870.0554***0.0489***0.1519***0.2842***
0.0326***0.0391***0.0488***0.1083***0.0631***0.0272***0.0136***0.1132***0.0462***0.1314***0.3229***

Note. Numbers with ***, **, and * are significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively.