The Impact of Urban and Rural Education Gap on Student Achievement Differences

With our country’s social development,the gap between urban and rural education has become increasingly obvious,especially the difference in student achievement.This study aims to explore the impact of the urban-rural education gap on student achievement.The study adopts a quantitative analysis method to collect and analyze the academic performance,learning resources,and social resources of urban and rural students.The results show that the unbalanced distribution of educational resources in urban and rural areas is the key factor leading to the gap in students’achievement.For example,urban education resources are abundant while rural education resources are relatively scarce.At the same time,the difference in social environment and family economic status also have a significant impact on student achievement.The differences between urban and rural areas,particularly in terms of family economic conditions and their ability to invest in education,further widen the gap between urban and rural education.The results of this study can provide a reference for reducing the gap between urban and rural education and improving the academic performance of rural students.A fair education policy is essential to narrow the gap between urban and rural education resources distribution,so as to improve the equality of education in society.

The Exploration to the Historical Origin of Differences between Urban and Rural Areas in China

In order to understand the historical origins of encircling the cities from the rural areas implemented by the Communist Party of China and the current dual structures of urban and rural development, urban-rural differences are analyzed from the four aspects of production mode, management mode, culture and social division of labor. Industrial development in modern times has promoted the modernization of urban production in China. But the rural areas still maintain their traditional self-sufficient natural economy. After the Opium War, the process of modernization of city politics is promoted by more economic elements of capitalism and the formation of Chinese bourgeoisie. During the management of urban modernization, rural areas still adopt the traditional self-management mode. In the aspect of culture, city is the center of development, having large population, developed traffic, and prosperous culture. But the village is lack of information and its culture is relatively backward. In modern times, affected by the foreign capitalist, urban area has become the center of modern productivity. After separating from agriculture, handicraft industry has transferred into urban areas and the social division of labor in both urban and rural areas has shown great changes. Thus, a new pattern of "Urban Industry, Rural Agriculture" has formed.

Investigation of English learning strategy employed by senior middle school students in Zhanjiang City： A comparison of students from urban and rural areas

After a review of learning strategy research in China and abroad, this paper made an investigation on the differences in use of learning strategies reported by urban and rural students from four middle schools in Zhanjiang city. The investigation revealed the following findings： urban students employ cognitive and social strategies more frequently than rural students; urban students reported a wider range of strategies compared with their rural peers; urban students of intermediate achievements employ more social strategies than their rural peers, while rural students use affective strategy significantly more often; urban and rural students reported different patterns of gender difference.

Welfare effects of rural-urban land conversion on different aged land-lost farmers:exemplified in Wuhan city

Rural-urban land conversion is a universal phenomenon in the rapid process of economic development and urban growth.The welfare of farmers who lost their farmland attracted a widespread concern within the society and academia.However,further research about differentiated policies according to the characteristics of different farmer groups is still need to be conducted.This article divides the land-lost farmers into three age groups:younger than 45,45-65,and more than 65.It proposes a welfare index system including eight functional areas based on different age groups of affected farmers,taking four districts of Wuhan City as case study area.Fuzzy mathematics method is used to derive the aggregated welfare effect index.Our analysis show that the overall welfare levels of land-lost farmers of all age groups declined,but with a varying degree,with the level of welfare in those farmers who are 45-65 years old,younger than 45 years old,and older than 65 years old decreased by 18.7%,16.6%,and 12.7%,respectively.The direction and degree of effects on the functional activity index varies among different groups.Economic conditions,living environment,health,and social participation of all age groups decrease while social security and housing conditions increase.On the other hand,development opportunities,social communication,and leisure have different changing directions in different age stages.These results call for differentiated and tailor-made compensation policies for land-lost farmers,towards improving the welfare levels of all farmers and reduce the disparity among them.

Quantifying the contribution of activity patterns to PM_(2.5)exposure inequity between urban and rural residents by a novel method

PM_(2.5)pollution variations in different microenvironments would result in PM_(2.5)exposure inequity between rural and urban residents.In this study,the real-time PM_(2.5)exposure of urban and rural residents in China was examined based on portable PM_(2.5)sensors together with activity patterns derived from questionnaire surveys,with a focus on students and senior citizens who are sensitive to air pollution.The results showed that PM_(2.5)exposure varied significantly among different resident groups,with higher PM_(2.5)exposure of rural residents than those of urban residents.PM_(2.5)exposure peaks mostly occurred during(Accompanied)cooking activities owing to strong emissions.Sleeping and resting were the main activities that affected PM_(2.5)exposures of different resident groups,accounting for 60.7%-94.5%of total daily exposures.Furthermore,the long duration of sleeping makes it the predominant activity contributing to PM 25 exposure inequity.It is necessary to obtain point-to-point respiratory volume(respiratory rate)data when measuring real-time PM_(2.5)exposure data and incorporate respiratory volume(respiratory rate)into the analysis of PM_(2.5)exposure.For the first time,this study quantified the PM_(2.5)exposure inequality based on a novel method and can provide useful information for further studies on the exposure inequity.

Quality assessment of the practice of focused antenatal care (FANC) in rural and urban primary health centres in Ekiti State

Objective: To ascertain that standard antenatal care (Focused antenatal care) is being received at the Primary Health Care level in urban and rural areas of Ekiti State and to determine the facilitating factors and challenges to the practice of FANC in urban and rural areas. Design: Cross sectional. Setting: Primary Health Centers Participants: Pregnant women and Heads of health facilities. Methods: Two hundred respondents each from urban and rural areas primary health centres were proportionately selected from 18 primary health centers using simple random sampling. Exit interviews were conducted using the antenatal care exit interview form of the Safe Motherhood Needs Assessment package. In-depth Interviews were conducted with the heads of selected facilities. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and Chi square test and content analysis for indepth interview. Results: More respondents 58 (29.3%) from the urban areas had the minimum contents compared to 41 (20.7%) of the rural respondents (p < 0.05) and 178 (90.8%) of the urban were taught a range of health education topics compared to 177 (88.5%) (p = 0.45). Urban respondents were about 1.6 times more likely to receive the minimum contents than rural respondents. In-depth interview results explicated the facilitating factors and challenges to focused antenatal care in the study areas. Conclusion: The findings of this study is consistent with other studies establishing the fact that better health service is available to urban residents than rural residents;however, this study has succeeded in comparing the documented standard of antenatal care with what was being practiced in the selected PHCs of the state. The basic contents of focused antenatal care in Ekiti state were received by a small proportion of the respondents, suggesting that focused antenatal care had not fully translated into quality service;one major challenge to the delivery of standard antenatal care was inadequate number of skilled health workers especially in the rural areas. The gap between quality and utilisation of antenatal in urban and rural areas is gradually being closed up;this success should be improved upon and maintained.

A comparative study on the extracurricularreading environment of urban and rural children in Chongqing Reservoir Area

Purpose: So far, there have been few studies that discussed children’s reading environment in China’s poverty-stricken areas, this study aims to explore differences existed in extracurricular reading environment between urban and rural children in Chongqing Reservoir Area with empirical evidence.Design/methodology/approach: Using a questionnaire survey, empirical data was collected from 105 participants. Then proposed hypotheses and the reliability of the observation variables were respectively examined with ANOVA and factor analysis. The statistical analysis software SPSS19.0 was used to analyze the data.Findings: Our results showed that 1) differences did exist in school and social reading environment between urban and rural children in Chongqing Reservoir Area; 2) differences in family reading environment between urban and rural children in Chongqing Reservoir Area were not obviously observed.Research limitations: The empirical data were collected from only one county of Chongqing Reservoir Area, which may have partially affected the generalization of our conclusions. In addition, the response rate of questionnaires was comparatively low due to a relatively limited research period. Practical implications: This study would provide some reference for governments, libraries, schools and families to consider how to jointly narrow the gap in the extracurricular reading circumstance between urban and rural children in Chongqing Reservoir Area.Originality value: This is one of the first studies to explore similarities and differences in extracurricular reading environment between urban and rural children in Chinese povertystricken areas, which will help research communities to gain a deeper understanding of children’s reading environment in Chinese Reservoir Area.

过去20年城乡高中生的教育效用与教育志向:基于三个出生队列的历史比较研究

本研究采用时间滞后设计,考察过去20年我国高中生教育效用和教育志向水平的年代和城乡差异,以及二者与个体学业成绩、父母学历之间关系的年代和城乡差异。分别在1999年、2010年、2018年对来自相同的三个地区(包括城市和农村)、相同学校的高中生进行问卷调查,使用协方差分析和回归分析进行数据分析。结果发现:(1)自1999年至2018年,城乡高中生的教育效用都遵循先下降、后回升的变化趋势;在教育志向上,城市高中生无明显变化,而农村高中生教育志向上升并超越城市高中生;(2)高中生教育效用、教育志向受父母学历和学业成绩等微观因素影响,且受年代和城乡宏观社会历史因素调节。相比于其他年份,2010年时成绩较差学生的教育效用更低、2018年时成绩较差学生的教育志向更高;自1999年至2018年,低父母学历对农村高中生教育志向的影响方式由“枷锁效应”转变为“鞭策效应”。我国过去20年的社会变迁使城乡高中生对教育的价值认同发生系统性变化,且宏观社会历史因素的演变改变了教育的价值认同形成的微观机制。

我国乡村老龄化现状及其对粮食生产的影响与应对

根据2020年最新人口普查数据,我国乡村老龄化率为17.72%,先于城市步入中度老龄化社会。我国乡村老龄化整体呈现出老年抚养比增速快、低龄老人务农比例高等特征,与国际主要发达国家相比我国乡村老龄人口就业占比相对较高。分区域看,粮食主产区乡村老龄化增幅更多、老年抚养比更重、老龄就业比重更高;全国乡村老年抚养比28.13%,但粮食主产省份达31.28%。通过定性梳理乡村老龄化对农户参与粮食种植及其粮食生产行为效率等的影响,提出积极应对乡村老龄化、保障粮食安全的思路与对策建议。

房价上涨是否推迟了初婚年龄?——基于CGSS数据的实证分析

“房价”与“婚姻”是大众热议的民生问题。构建婚姻决策理论模型,探讨房价对结婚率的影响,基于中国综合社会调查(CGSS)数据,考察房价上涨对居民初婚年龄的影响。结果表明:房价每上涨1%,居民的平均初婚年龄增加1.108岁;房价上涨对女性初婚年龄的推迟效应大于男性,对城镇地区居民初婚年龄的推迟效应大于农村地区居民,对经济欠发达地区居民初婚年龄的推迟效应大于发达地区居民;家庭经济水平对农村地区男性的初婚年龄有显著负向影响,个体受教育程度对欠发达地区居民的初婚年龄有显著负向影响。

城乡医保统筹对缩小城乡居民收入差距的有效性研究

缩小城乡居民收入差距是实现共同富裕的基础,基于我国城乡医保制度改革的视角,使用中国劳动力动态调查(CLDS)数据构造多期双重差分模型,评估医保统筹制度对城乡居民收入差距影响的政策效果。研究结果表明:医保统筹政策相对于“新农合”与“城居保”制度显著缩小了城乡居民的收入差距,政策针对农村的低学历、中低收入以及中老年群体产生更明显的效果。机制分析进一步证明统筹医保制度可以通过降低农村居民医疗支出负担、提升其健康水平等渠道缩小城乡居民收入差距。因此,推进医疗保险统筹改革,在制度设计上应该更有针对性地向农村居民群体倾斜,提升受益公平性,为迈向共同富裕提供制度性保障。

幼儿园园长领导力城乡差异及影响因素分析

园长领导力是决定一所幼儿园保教质量的关键因素。本研究利用文献分析法和德尔菲法构建了由学校文化领导力、人力资源领导力、保育教育领导力和行政管理领导力四个维度组成的园长领导力指标体系,并根据该指标体系设计了幼儿园园长领导力调查问卷。在使用SPSS 26.0对2 177份有效样本进行分析后,结果表明:我国幼儿园园长自我感知的领导力总体水平较高,但是领导力各个维度发展不均衡,城乡之间以及不同园长个体的领导力差异较大。城乡幼儿园园长总体领导力以及领导力各维度和各指标上均呈现出统计学上的差异,城镇幼儿园园长领导力水平显著高于农村园长。职务、年龄、教龄、职称,任职幼儿园的性质、等级、所在位置、规模,以及园长年培训次数均能预测园长的领导力水平。基于研究结果,本研究提出城乡园长领导力的改进对策:盯紧“关键少数”,为城乡园长的职业发展提供支持性环境;加强城乡互动,构建城乡园长领导能力发展共同体;充分发挥园长主观能动作用,全面提升自身领导能力。

考虑城乡异质性的电动自行车头盔佩戴行为建模与分析

电动自行车在成为居民短途出行主要交通工具的同时,与其相关的交通安全问题日益突出。正确佩戴头盔可以降低骑行者交通事故的死亡风险,然而统计数据显示,目前全国仍有近一半骑行者在骑行时不佩戴头盔,电动自行车的事故后果无法得到有效控制。较城市而言,乡镇拥有更多的电动自行车保有量,由于道路崎岖、交通建设不完善等原因更容易发生道路交通事故,尤其大量骑行者不佩戴头盔。为明确城市与乡镇骑手头盔佩戴行为异质机理,深入剖析骑手不佩戴头盔的深层原因,运用差异性检验和二项Logistic回归模型,分析骑行者特征、个体头盔认知、执法环境等因素对城市与乡镇骑手头盔佩戴行为的综合影响。研究结果表明:相较于长期生活在城市的群体,乡镇群体的主观安全意识偏弱,对头盔使用时存在的障碍(阻碍视野、不便利性等)较为关注;城市群体对交警执法活动较为敏感,并且在城市中出行时间越长的人越可能佩戴头盔;对于乡镇群体,头盔的保护效能以及价格是他们决策头盔佩戴行为考虑的重要因素。研究结果有助于交警进一步开展安全教育宣传以及执法活动,促进骑行者佩戴头盔安全出行。

中国式农业现代化进程中分化小农户的路径选择

小农户作为中国农业现代化的核心主体,在组织程度较低、经济基础较差以及农业技术滞后等因素影响下,易产生不合理分化,进而引发土地权益和农村经济等方面诸多问题。实现小农户与中国农业现代化的有效衔接,对于解决这些问题具有重要意义。从小农户生产目的与实际需求出发,“以人为本”探讨小农户主动与被动的分化,主动分化小农户与现代农业衔接的重点在于引导发挥优势,被动分化小农户的衔接任务则更应关注保障机制的健全。在此基础上,依照中国发展现实特征及小农户分化过程中所面临的困境,从多元价值追求角度入手,提出了主动分化小农户发挥合作优势、提升经营能力、引导产业技术升级以及被动分化小农户保障合法权益、解决实际困难和健全社会化服务等多条有效衔接中国式农业现代化的路径。

城乡建设用地增减挂钩节余指标跨省域调剂的扶贫效应

允许城乡建设用地增减挂钩节余指标跨省域调剂的政策突破了土地资源在空间上的限制,提升了土地资源在全国范围内的配置效率。本文着眼于探究该政策的扶贫效应及其机制,以农民收入作为扶贫效应的代表,运用双重差分(DID)方法,研究了该政策对“三区三州”原贫困县农村人均可支配收入的影响。实证研究结果表明,实施该政策的原贫困县农村人均可支配收入显著提高。进一步研究表明,该政策通过推动城镇化和促进产业结构升级两个方面,增强了地区的“造血”能力,取得了实质性的扶贫效果。这一发现强调了政策对地方经济的积极影响,为深入理解土地资源配置与扶贫关系提供了重要的实证支持。

中国女性的代际流动(1992—2021):特征与城乡差异

本文基于2003—2021年中国社会综合调查(CGSS)的数据,在比较两性代际流动差异的基础上,对女性代际流动的城乡差异做了细致的分析。研究发现,中国女性在向上流动的比例上明显高于男性,而农村女性的高向上流动率是其主要成因。在城乡差异方面,农村女性呈现出后发优势,在代际流动的数量和质量上均优于城镇。在代际流动过程中,农村女性的教育获得更起到了助推流动的作用,高等教育帮助女性摆脱原生家庭的影响;而城镇的教育获得则更多带有代际家庭地位维继的色彩,扮演着传递原生家庭优势的角色。以上特征随就业世代的年轻化在不同程度上呈现强化的趋势。

德州市城乡青少年体育锻炼的差异分析

体育锻炼是影响青少年体质健康的重要因素。采用问卷调查法、数理统计法、文献资料法等研究方法,对当前德州市青少年参与体育锻炼的现状及其生活习惯进行了全面调查。通过对德州市1414名城乡青少年问卷调查,分析了德州市城乡青少年参与体育锻炼的差异及存在原因、探讨影响德州市青少年参加体育锻炼的制约因素并提出相应的建议,为制定青少年体质健康促进政策及相关研究提供依据。

中国中等收入群体规模测度与变动趋势分析

中等收入群体规模的壮大,是共同富裕的重要标志。在梳理相关研究,尝试将官方数据按还原法进行处理后,以多种方法按绝对标准和相对标准测算和比较了中国整体、城乡之间及地区之间中等收入群体的规模差异和变化,发现在考察期内伴随经济增长按绝对标准的中等收入群体规模大幅提升,而按相对标准的中等收入群体规模总体呈现先下降后上升的趋势,与基尼系数变动方向相反并呈现规律性;对城乡分别考察发现中等收入群体绝大部分集中于城镇,近些年城乡差距较为稳定,甚至有缩小态势;通过比较分析各省区数据发现省际差异明显,中等收入群体规模与各省区生产总值呈明显正相关;三大地区比较也差别明显,但相互间分配格局有改善趋势;据此所做趋势预测表明,通过艰苦努力至2035年全国中等收入群体比重有望大幅提升。

城市和乡村如何协调发展:规划策略研究观点解析

城乡协调发展是实现乡村振兴战略的重要内容,旨在缩小城乡差距,促进城乡经济、社会、文化等方面的均衡发展。关于城乡发展的规划观点一直在探讨中,本文梳理了自20世纪50年代以来的各种关于城市发展对于和乡村发展影响的多种观点,以便于为乡村振兴相关课题研究提供理论参考。

公共教育扩张政策与教育收益率的城乡差异

基于2019年中国家庭收入调查数据,通过教育收益率的因果性和异质性测量,实证评估了公共教育扩张政策的个体增收效应和收入分配效应。研究结果如下:(1)利用描述性统计法分析发现,公共教育扩张政策对城镇劳动力受教育程度的提升作用高于农村,因而教育功能具有“城市偏向型”的特征;(2)利用工具变量法纠正内生性问题后,发现公共教育扩张政策对非农户籍具有更强的个体增收效应,农村劳动力的教育收益率高于城镇,大学教育收益率高于义务教育阶段,揭示了公共教育扩张政策的个体增收效应具有“农村导向型”的特征;(3)利用无条件分位数回归及其处理效应模型发现,义务教育改革和高校扩招具有缩小城乡劳动力组内工资收入差距的收入分配功能。