Research Into Consumption And Living Standard Of Hebei Farmers

Consumption is the important embodiment of people’s living standard. Since modern times Chinese social slowly from traditional society to modern social transformation, and gradually broke the Hebei area of small peasant economy inherent development model. Changes in the social transformation in Hebei farmers must be reflected somewhat on the daily consumption.This paper uses modern Hebei local Chronicles and during the Republic of China, the investigation data. In the1930s as the key point to the modern times the Hebei farmer consumption and living standard for research.First of all, this paper expounds Hebei ordinary peasant family daily consumption of general condition.1930s, the Hebei farmers basic living consumption includes food, clothing, housing, fuel and so on. Dietary respect, more whole grains to for staple food; Non-staple food mainly based on vegetables and beans, meat, eggs and fruit consumption rarely. Seasoning consumption in oil and salt, but the overall consumption is also rarely. Clothing, clothes are mostly made by the farmers made of coarse cloth, bedding rarely changed and use. Housing, mainly to adobe, most of them have their own housing, but the sanitary conditions of the housing is poor. The quantity of fuel used rarely, mainly to lighting and heating.Second, analyzes the Hebei farmer family secular activity consumption and the consumption of the life improvement. Secular activity consumption mainly comes from a wedding, funeral, entertainment and communication and other fees. The wedding and the consumption of the funeral for the average farmer families is a huge spending. Farmer daily entertainment and communication costs are often less. Life improvement of consumption is mainly from the education, health and luxury consumption. Traditional ideas and habits lead to farmers care less for education and health. Luxury consumption depends on farmer habit of consumption and economic conditions.Finally, the Hebei farmer consumption structure and family life level of analysis. According to the purpose of consumption is divided, the farmer’s living consumption accounted for the majority of. According to Engel coefficient related standards, through food consumption expenditure as percentage of total consumption expenditure the proportion of analysis, we can conclude that Hebei farmers’living consumption level belong to absolute poverty. In addition, the peasant family income state Hebei are analyzed. Very low income families in Hebei farmers, limited income decided the ordinary farmers can only maintain the family basic survival consumption.In short, since modern times the life of farmer of the Hebei although there are some minor improvements, But it is not enough to shake the absolute poverty, the agricultural economy in Hebei is still is the typical " subsistence economy". Today, how to improve the farmer consumption and the level of life problem is still a serious consideration and we need to solve the problem.