Research Article

Quantifying Poverty Temporal Changes in Association with Rural Transition in Guangxi, China

Table 1

Selected indicators of rural transition in Guangxi.

DimensionVariableDefinition

⁢Rural industrializationIndustrial total output of township and village enterprises (ITOE)Ratio between total industrial output of rural township and village enterprises and total output of primary industry
Proportion of persons employed in the secondary industry in rural area (PPSR)Ratio between the number of persons employed in the secondary industry and total employed persons in rural area
Industry income proportion (IIP)Ratio between the industrial income per capita and home business income per capita of farmer

⁢Regional urbanizationUrban population proportion (UPP)The ratio of urban population to total population
Secondary industry proportion (SIP)The ratio of gross product of secondary industry to regional domestic product
Tertiary industry proportion (TIP)The ratio of gross product of tertiary industry to regional domestic product
Urban-rural income gap (URIG)The ratio of rural per capita net income to urban per capita disposable income

⁢Agriculture commercializationTractor-plowed area (TPA)Area of tractor-plowed agricultural land
Power of agricultural machinery (PAM)Total power of agricultural machinery
Grain commercialization rate (GCR)Grain commercialization rate in Guangxi
Expenditure on fixed productive assets per capita (EFPA)The amount of expenditure on fixed productive assets per capita in rural households