Table 1 Variable definitions and summary statistics
Variables | Definition | Mean (S.D.) |
|---|---|---|
Dependent variables | ||
Dietary diversity | The number of food items consumed by a household in the last 72 h (2–12) | 6.57 (2.16) |
Online food shopping | 1 if respondent purchased food items online, 0 otherwise | 0.18 (0.38) |
Independent variables | ||
Age | Age of respondent (years) | 52.53 (12.74) |
Gender | 1 if respondent was male, 0 otherwise | 0.40 (0.49) |
Education | Education level of respondent (years) | 7.78 (4.15) |
Household size | Number of members residing in a household (persons) | 4.14 (1.75) |
Land size | Size of land cultivated by a household (mu) a | 4.67 (31.68) |
Oven ownership | 1 if household owned a microwave oven, 0 otherwise | 0.30 (0.46) |
Heath knowledge | 1 if respondent knew “The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents”, 0 otherwise | 0.14 (0.34) |
Motor ownership | 1 if household owned a motorcycle, 0 otherwise | 0.24 (0.42) |
Distance to credit | Distance to the nearest informal credit sources (e.g., friends and relatives) or formal credit sources (e.g., banks) (km) | 2.98 (6.26) |
Distance to market | Distance to the nearest food market (km) | 2.57 (2.90) |
Shandong | 1 if household was in Shandong province, 0 otherwise | 0.25 (0.43) |
Guangxi | 1 if household was in Guangxi province, 0 otherwise | 0.25 (0.43) |
Henan | 1 if household was in Henan province, 0 otherwise | 0.24 (0.43) |
Sichuan | 1 if household was in Sichuan province, 0 otherwise | 0.26 (0.44) |
IV | 1 if household’s relatives or friends used online shopping; 0 otherwise | 0.59 (0.49) |
Observations | 947 | |