**<u>Table 2: Key household level variables</u>**

||<br>**Total**||**Farm siz**|**e**|**Frag**|**mentation**|**level**|**Only in**|**herited**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Small**|**Med.**|**Large**|**Low**|**Med.**|**High**|**Yes**|**No**|
|**Household characterist**|**ics**|||||||||
|Male head|92.9|91.7|92.5|95.5|92.4|93.3|93.1|92.5|94.7|
|Head’s age|51.6|49.8|52|54.1|50|52.2|53.9|51.8|50.9|
|Head’s educ. years|5|4.8|4.7|5.7|4.1|5.3|6.1|4.9|5.4|
|No of members|5.7|5.3|5.6|6.4|5.2|5.7|6.6|5.6|5.9|
|< 14 years|1.5|1.5|1.4|1.6|1.4|1.5|1.8|1.5|1.7|
|14-60 years|3.6|3.3|3.6|4.1|3.4|3.6|4.1|3.6|3.7|
|<br>14-60 years|0.5|0.4|0.5|0.7|0.4|0.6|0.7|0.5|0.5|
|<br>Land owned (acre)|4.5|1.1|3.4|11.3|3|4.5|8|4.6|4.0|
|<br>Land operated|3.7|1.1|2.9|8.9|2.4|3.7|6.7|3.7|3.7|
|Land irrigated|2.7|0.7|2.1|6.4|1.5|2.8|4.6|2.6|2.9|
|No of plots|3.2|1.8|2.3|4.1|1|2.4|5.1|3.3|2.4|
|<br>Avg. fragment size|1.7|0.8|1.7|3.9|2.4|1.7|1.5|2|1.7|
|<br>Plot-homestead dist.|861.6|778.5|898.3|947.9|946.8|826|762.3|857.7|876.8|
|**Assets & their composi**|**tion**|||||||||
|Value (Rs.`000’)|323|195|283|578|272|334|406|322|326.0|
|<br>Buildings (%)<br>|46.4<br>|55.3<br>|46.2<br>|41.6<br>|42.7<br>|51.9<br>|39.8<br>|46.6<br>|45.4<br>|
|Prod.ag. asset (%)|10.7|4.9|9.8|14.4|7.4|10.2|16.8|9.8|14.0|
|<br>Livestock (%)|6.4|6.1|7.3|5.9|4.9|7.1|7.1|6.5|6.0|
|Non-ag.business (%)|3.2|3.4|3.5|2.9|2.2|3.1|5|3.3|2.9|
|<br>Cons. durables (%)|9.9|10.5|10.2|9.4|9.1|9.8|11.4|9.9|9.9|
|<br>Financial (%)|23.4|19.7|23|25.8|33.7|17.9|19.9|23.8|21.9|
|**Income & its compositi**|**on**|||||||||
|Hhinc.(Rs `000’)|10.5|6|9.5|19.1|7.4|11.4|15.2|10.4|11.1|
|<br>... agric crops|55.1|26.9|48.4|73.7|50.8|52|65.9|54.3|57.8|
|... livestock|6.5|7|7.7|5.4|6|7|6.1|6.3|7.3|
|... wages|5.6|14.1|4.8|1.8|9.8|4.6|2.7|5.6|5.4|
|... salary|7.6|15|8.1|3.4|8.4|7.6|6.5|7.4|8.0|
|<br>... nonfarm self emp.|11.7|16.2|18.9|4.7|10.5|15.5|5.4|12.7|7.8|
|... other (incl. trnsfer)|13.6|20.8|12.1|11|14.5|13.3|13.4|13.6|13.7|
|**Output, profits, and co**|**st shares**|||||||||
|Output (Rs/ ac.`00 )|212.87|230.15|203.31|195.19|225.15|209.07|189.56|199.78|263.370|
|<br>Profit/acre|105.71|90.29|106.74|126.29|107.07|104.44|100.21|97.48|134.374|
|Prod. cost (Rs/ac.)|107.15|140.86|96.58|68.9|118.09|105.63|88.35|101.3|128.996|
|Fam. labor (%)|25.48|32.13|24.29|16.31|27.02|24.78|23.8|25.49|25.435|
|Seed (%)|16.64|13.74|17.34|20.39|18.14|15.71|15.69|16.51|17.133|
|Fertilizer (%)|14.57|12.15|14.73|18.24|13.96|14.49|16.16|14.88|13.339|
|<br>Manure (%)|11.49|12.06|11.88|10.06|11.41|11.74|10.98|11.79|10.301|
|Hired labor (%)|7.29|7.06|7.3|7.64|6.76|7.8|7.12|7.27|7.341|
|Pesticides (%)|4.36|2.88|4.74|6.25|5.4|3.8|3.47|4.24|4.817|
|Machinery (%)|10.26|10.17|9.86|10.91|8.76|11.19|11.17|10.01|11.214|
|<br>Bullocks (%)|3.1|2.55|3.55|3.41|2.58|3.2|4.05|3.21|2.688|
|<br>Irrigation (%)|4|4.62|3.61|3.53|3.25|4.46|4.51|3.8|4.818|
|Other inputs (%)|2.82|2.65|2.7|3.24|2.71|2.82|3.05|2.79|2.913|
|**Crop composition (%)**||||||||||
|<br>Paddy|<br>36.91|44.58|35.28|26.68|39.39|36.11|33.37|38.16|32.005|
|<br>Wheat<br>|18.91<br>|18.04<br>|18.32<br>|21.08<br>|14.62<br>|20.67<br>|24<br>|17.97<br>|22.594<br>|
|Maize|5.69|4.94|6.97|5.25|5.99|5.36|5.9|5.63|5.906|
|Bajra|7.44|5.84|8.38|8.8|7.58|7.83|6.08|7.47|7.342|
|<br>Other Cereals|5.89|5.79|6.21|5.65|8.34|3.99|5.37|6.14|4.904|
|Pulses|7.02|6.9|6.9|7.36|6.12|7.62|7.45|6.78|7.937|
|Oilseeds|6.61|4.61|7.05|9.27|8.62|5.27|5.6|6.63|6.523|
|Other crops|11.53|9.31|10.9|15.92|9.33|13.15|12.22|11.21|12.791|
|<br>No. of obs.|4790|1,977|1,582|1,231|1,837|2,143|810|3,814|976|

_Source:_ Own computation from 2006/7 REDS data. _Note:_ We define small, medium, and large farms as having less than 2, 2 to 5 and more than 5 ac., and low, medium, and high levels of as operating less than 2, 2 to 5 and more than 5 fragments, respectively.

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