DRIVING MECHANISM OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL AREA CHANGE——BASED ON INVESTIGATION INTO FARMERS IN XIAONAN DISTRICT OF HUBEI PROVINCE
以湖北省孝南区为例，利用回归方法和农户问卷，研究了农村居民点变化的驱动机制，发现家庭规模、收入、信贷水平、子女教育支出和攀比心理显著影响农户是否新建住房及新建住房面积。
This paper takes Xiaonan District as a case, which located in Jianghan Plain. It uses the regression method and questionnaires from farm households to study the driving mechanism of rural residential area change. The conclusions are: firstly, factors that notably influence the farm household whether builds new house or not include the family size, family income and credit level, expenditure to children's education and comparison psychology when farm household consuming. Secondly, factors influence the size of farm house that builds house on newly opened-up foundation include the family size, proportion of family members non-agricultural employed, family income and credit level, expenditure to children's education and comparison psychology when farm household consuming.