Abstract

The empirical analysis of the impact factors influenced on the vulnerability of rural poverty

Author(s): Xiaoguang Hu, Zhiguo Zhang

In this paper, from the aspect of the vulnerability as Expected Poverty (i.e. VEP), the influence of current welfare for the rural households was emphasized and the vulnerability of poverty for rural households was measured. According to the information investigated in the six counties of the three provinces, China, the impact factors of the poverty vulnerability for rural households was analyzed through the Logistic model. The obtained results demonstrated that the factors including the own characters of rural households, the family property and the purchased insurance have the influences on reducing the vulnerability of households’ poverty.