Abstract
This study analyzes farmers’choices of living arrangements after retirement, on the basis of the results of a survey of 164 rural farmers living in Bayannaoer city, Inner Mongolia, China. This survey was undertaken, and its results assessed, with due consideration of Hayashi’s quantification theory. Factors influencing the choice of residential location mainly comprised economic factors, individual and family factors, human relationships in the rural community, and differences of preference between rural areas and cities. A positive preference for living in rural areas was influenced by calm living circumstances, good human relationships in the rural community, and living with one’s own children in the same rural area.
