Influencing Factors of Rural Human Consumption in China

Jun Li (), Qi Zhou (), Xiaoping Zheng (), Liliana Moga and Mihaela Neculita ()
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Jun Li: College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing
Qi Zhou: College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing
Xiaoping Zheng: College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing
Mihaela Neculita: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania

Economics and Applied Informatics, 2014, issue 3, 117-127

Abstract: The paper combines the social capital theory, the ordered choice model, and the case study in order to analyze the influence factors of the rural human consumption. The results show the presence of inverted U shape curve relation between human consumption amount and age. Human communication range, income, the highest single human consumption amount and the minimum amount, occupation, family population, the existing of human consumption capacity and the scope of the existing relationships between interpersonal relationship satisfaction and other factors on human consumption level has positive influence on human consumption level. Domestic researches on human behaviour are wide, but most of the studies are focused on the social, human, and psychological disciplines. For the origin of human consumption, scholars focus on four aspects like novelty, human or mutual needs. This research is based on field investigation conducted in Niuxintai village, Liaoning Province, in order to understand the current situation of the rural human consumption in China, and to explain the function and influencing factors of human consumption.

Keywords: Rural human consumption; Influencing factors; Economic function; Social capita (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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