How to reform the rural land system,protect farmer housing rights,promote urbanization,and coordinate urban-rural development remain significant projects for China. The rural homestead system at present,with obvious welfare and identity,was established during the planned economy period,and plays an important historical role in ensuring the basic residence and habitation of farmers. The rural population has been transferring to towns at a large scale because of new-type urbanization,but rural land systems still stick to a deal,because of this,various conflicts have emerged between land use property,homestead supply guarantee,construction land index circulation and homestead mortgages. As a consequence,rural homesteads have continued increasing instead of decreasing. The purpose of this paper is to research the factors behind farmer rural homestead exit intention and exit behavior using survey data from Jinzhai county in Anhui and theoretical analysis and structural equation modeling methods. We found that farmers have a strong appetite to exit homesteads overall,and exit intention is significantly stronger than exit behavior. Driving factors of exit intention and exit behavior are accordant globally,but different locally. Exit intention are farmers' choice in ideal state and driving factors are behavioral attitude,subjective norm,cognitive behavior control and the current situation. Exit behaviors are farmers’ choice in actual state,its driving factors are subjective norm,cognitive behavior control and the current situation. In conclusion,the government should complete rural homestead management systems; enhance farmer public participation;give farmers chances to appeal their profits; improve farmer exit intention along with exit behavior;carry out value assessment of homesteads;and compensate farmers sufficiently.
