Influencing Factors of the Villager Satisfaction with Village Committee Based on Factor Analysis: Evidence from Shaanxi, China

Abstract:

This research randomly selected 362 households from 20 villages in Shaanxi Province to study the villager satisfaction with village committee. It divided the factors hypothesized to influence the satisfaction degree with village committee into three categories based on the method of factor analysis and applied logistic regression model to conduct empirical analysis. The result shows that influences including disclosure of village affairs and finance, fairness of village affairs, democratically-managed major events, democratic election, satisfaction with village cadres, satisfaction with the public services of education, roads, electric power, science and technology, hygiene and medical care provided by village committee have significant impacts on the satisfaction evaluation of the village committee. In addition, villagers gender and the status of village cadres also affect the satisfaction evaluation of the village committee. Further, the effect of the factors above has an important characteristic in order and phase.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 411-414)
• Pages: 331-337
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.411-414.331
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: De Hong Lu, Hong Wan, Jing Zhou, Jing Di Lu
• Keywords: Factor Analysis (FA), Influence, Satisfaction with Village Committee, Villagers

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