The willingness of rural households in mountainous areas to quit their homesteads:A research from the perspective of family life cycle
Quitting the homestead for farmers is the key to alleviate the inefficient use of rural land resources.Taking the experimental county of homestead reform in Guizhou Province as an example,combining with the survey data of farmers,this paper analyzes the farmers'willingness to quit their homestead and its influencing factors by using structural equation model,and explores the influencing paths of farmers'willingness to quit their homestead in different family life cycle types.The results show that:1)In the process of homestead quitting decision-making,farmers are emotionally guided by psychological needs and make decisions after rational analysis.2)From the perspective of direct impact,the impact of rational trade-offs is greater than that of perceptual psychological needs.The perception of advantages and disadvantages plays an intermediary role in psychological needs and willingness to quit the homestead.3)The influence paths of farmers'willingness to quit their homesteads in different family life cycle stages are different.The family's willingness to quit during the maintenance period is still influenced by basic needs,while in the other family life cycle stages,the willingness of the family to quit the homestead is no longer influenced by basic needs and emotional value.Therefore,according to different family types,the policy of homestead quitting should be implemented according to different types of families,and the rights and interests of farmers should be safeguarded after quitting their homesteads based on their psychological needs.
homestead withdrawalpsychological needsbehavioural decision-makingfamily life cycle