个体特征、环境特征与农村留守老人农业生产行为——基于江西调查数据

On Agricultural Production Behaviors and External Support for the Rural Left-Behind Elderly in Jiangxi Province

以粮食生产为例,利用江西农村留守老人抽样调查数据,分析不同个体特征、环境特征的留守老人农业生产行为的差异。结果表明:(1)农村留守老人是江西农业生产一支不可或缺的力量,年龄、性别、健康状况、文化程度、配偶健在情况、农业收入比重、子女支付比重、所在村的农业生产基础设施及自然资源状况等不同水平在留守老人农业生产行为上均存在显著差异;(2)照料孙辈数、村区位、外部支持等不同水平对留守老人农业生产行为也有一定的影响,但差异不显著;(3)目前,社区和村委在为留守老人提供劳动帮扶方面存在角色缺位现象,农产品价格保护、农资价格控制、农业生产技术咨询服务及自然灾害补偿等留守老人急需的政策和服务供给严重不足。针对以上分析结果,提出扶助农村留守老人农业生产的对策及建议。

This paper analyses differences in the behavior of agricultural production of the rural left-behind elderly from different individual characteristics and environmental characteristics in Jiangxi Province by taking the grain production for example and by using the data collected from a survey.The results show that：（1） The rural left-behind elderly is an indispensable force in agricultural production,and many factors have significantly different effect on their agricultural production behavior including age,sex,health,educational level,the proportion of agricultural income in their total income,the paying proportion of their children,village agricultural infrastructure and natural resource status etc.（2）Though insignificant,many other factors also have different impact on their behavior such as the number of grandchildren,village location,and external support.（3） At present,the rural left-behind elderly are seriously short of policy support and services from the village committee or community,such as labor assistance,price protection of agricultural production,agricultural price controls,agricultural production technical advisory services and compensation of natural disasters.Based on the analysis,this paper put forward some countermeasures and suggestions to address the agricultural production support for the rural left-behind elderly.