Lancashire, farmers were 20 percent less literate. Going back to the baseline specifications in Table 5, if we include an interaction term between Figure 5: Literacy by Parish versus Farmer Share among Agriculturalists Table 6: Literacy Rates of Farmers and Labourers Dependent Farmer Farmer Unskilled Unskilled Variable Labourer Labourer (year-1837) 0.005* 0.005** 0.009** 0.009** (.002) (.002) (.001) (.001) FAGRIC -0.292 -0.296* -0.587** -0.421** (.171) (.140) (.121) (.095) FARMSHR -0.341* -0.065 -0.003 0.109 (.152) (.116) (.097) (.092) Lancashire - -0.189** - -0.052 (.036) (.044) Northumberland - 0.067** - 0.450** (.027) (.046) Somerset - -0.033 - -0.037 (.032) (.040) N 1,616 1,616 3,584 3,584 Pseudo R2 0.03 0.10 0.03 0.08 Figure 6: Literacy Rates of Unskilled Labourers and Farmers, by County Notes: Dark bars represent the rate for farmers; light bars the rate for labourers.
Lancashire, farmers were 20 percent less literate. Going back to the baseline specifications in Table 5, if we include an interaction term between Figure 5: Literacy by Parish versus Farmer Share among Agriculturalists Table 6: Literacy Rates of Farmers and Labourers Dependent Variable Farmer Farmer Unskilled Labourer Unskilled Labourer (year-1837) 0.005* (.002) 0.005** (.002) 0.009** (.001) 0.009** (.001) FAGRIC -0.292 (.171) -0.296* (.140) -0.587** (.121) -0.421** (.095) FARMSHR -0.341* (.152) -0.065 (.116) -0.003 (.097) 0.109 (.092) Lancashire - -0.189** (.036) - -0.052 (.044) Northumberland - 0.067** (.027) - 0.450** (.046) Somerset - -0.033 (.032) - -0.037 (.040) N 1,616 1,616 3,584 3,584 Pseudo R2 0.03 0.10 0.03 0.08 Figure 6: Literacy Rates of Unskilled Labourers and Farmers, by County Notes: Dark bars represent the rate for farmers; light bars the rate for labourers.