关键词: 农村贫困, 贫困文化, 文化贫困

Abstract: [Objective] To analyze the impact of educational degree and values of people on ‘whether people are set in poverty or not’ in rural areas. [Method] Based on CGSS 2010 and theory of poverty culture, this paper used Logistic model to examine the cultural impact on rural impoverishment. [Results] The education degree of people in rural areas are mostly junior middle school or lower, which presented a common situation of low-level. Rural poverty shows significant difference related to demographic factors like gender, marriage etc.. Rural poverty has significant relation with traditional cultures and values such as "more-children" fertility value, traditional labour force value, etc. [Conclusion] Impoverished culture and culture impoverishment are effective approaches to explain rural poverty.

Key words: rural poverty, impoverished culture, culture impoverishment