Abstract:

In this paper based on the survey of households in two counties in Hubei Province,the Logistic regressive model was set up to analyze factors affecting the households’ willingness in rural residential land transfer.The results showed that the proportion of households who were willing to transfer residential land was slightly higher than 50%.According to the extent of affecting the willingness of households,the factors were the proportion of nonagricultural income to total revenue,the distance to county town centre,the households’ comprehension about policy,the age of the householder,the schoolage of the householder respectively.The impact of the factors such as the distance to 〖JP2〗county town centre,the age of the householder〖JP〗 was negative,and other impacts were positive.From a regional perspective,nonagricultural income of household played a leading role;the mobility of rural households was strong;in developing regions the proportion of households who were willing to transfer was higher than that of less developed regions;regional differentiation affected the households’ willingness and their effect degree. 

Key words: farmer's attention/rural homestead conversion/ influencing factors