| Category | Name | Symbol | Value assigned | Expected impact | Average value | Standard deviation |
| Urban pulls and pushes | Tightness of land supply | x1 | No shortage at all = 1; slight shortage = 2; balance of supply and demand = 3; relative shortage = 4; extreme shortage = 5 | Positive | 2.374 | 0.473 |
| Employment opportunities and income | x2 | No difference from rural areas = 1; slightly better than rural areas = 3; much better than rural areas = 5 | Positive | 4.162 | 0.382 | |
| Infrastructure, education and health care resources | x3 | No difference from rural areas = 1; slightly better than rural areas = 3; much better than rural areas = 5 | Positive | 3.981 | 0.735 | |
| Housing price | x4 | Housing price is too low = 1; housing price is low = 2; housing price is medium = 3; housing price is too high = 4; housing price is too high = 5 | Negative | 4.251 | 0.203 | |
| Requirement of workers’ knowledge and skills | x5 | Low requirement = 1; medium requirement = 3; high requirement = 5 | Negative | 4.132 | 0.041 | |
| Rural pulls and pushes | Vacancy rate of homesteads | x6 | No vacancy = 1; sporadic vacancy = 2; vacancy for good reasons = 3; widespread vacancy = 4; hollowed-out village = 5 | Positive | 3.548 | 0.752 |
| Agricultural income | x7 | Low agricultural income = 1; medium agricultural income = 3; high agricultural income = 5 | Negative | 2.736 | 0.387 | |
| Infrastructure, education and health care resources | x8 | Poor infrastructure and lack of resources = 1; average, but worse than the city = 2; the same as in the city = 3; better than the city = 4 | Negative | 2.743 | 0.505 | |
| Social security in rural | x9 | Lack of coverage = 1; average level of coverage = 3; complete coverage = 5 | Negative | 2.894 | 0.478 | |
| Intermediary obstacle factors | Household registration system | x10 | Strict restrictions on urban household registration = 1; relatively ease in obtaining urban household registration = 3; household registration is not a problem, I have never worried about it = 5 | Positive | 2.782 | 0.876 |
| Personal factors | Age | x11 | Under 30 = 1; 30 to 40 = 2; 40 to 50 = 3; 50 to 60 = 4; over 60 = 5 | Negative | 3.273 | 0.898 |
| Education | x12 | Illiterate = 1; elementary school = 2; junior high = 3; senior high = 4; junior college and above = 5 | Positive | 3.897 | 0.761 | |
| Annual household income (RMB) | x13 | Below 10,000 = 1; 10,000 to 30,000 = 2; 30,000 to 60,000 = 3; 60,000 to 100,000 = 4; Above 100,000 = 5 | Positive | 3.568 | 0.496 | |
| Income from non-agricultural sources | x14 | Below 20% = 1; 20% - 40% = 2; about 50% = 3; 60% - 80% = 4; above 80% = 5 | Positive | 2.792 | 0.274 | |
| Homestead location | x15 | Far from the city = 1; moderate distance from the city = 3; outskirts of the city = 5 | Positive | 2.461 | 0.385 | |
| Certificate of homestead property rights | x16 | yes = 1; no = 0 | Positive | 0.621 | 0.271 | |
| Understanding of homestead ownership | x17 | Not clear = 1; belongs to the government = 2; belongs to a rural collective = 3; belongs to individuals = 4 | Uncertain | 3.584 | 0.754 | |
| Preferred ways of compensation | x18 | Cash = 1; urban housing = 2; continued dividend payments = 3; swap homestead for social security coverage = 4 | Uncertain | 1.836 | 0.236 |