THE INVESTIGATION OF REGIONAL DIFFERENCES OF PUBLIC SERVICE SECTOR IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IN JIANGSU PROVINCE
YIN Jing-yue1, MA Xiao-dong2
1. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China;
2. Regional and Urban Research Center, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221009, China
Abstract This article analyzes the difference of public service levels between urban and rural areas in Jiangsu province in terms of basic education, medical health, social welfare, cultural and sports services, public facilities, ecological environment, public services and many other aspects. To achieve effective and realistic results and therefore raise practical policy proposals, the follow-up analysis adopts multiple research methods,which include constructing the indicator system and weight, structuring importance and satisfaction degree matrix and so on, and the conclusion is based on the investigation data obtained from the questionnaire survey of urban-rural public service levels and residents' satisfaction degree which conducted in sample districts of Jiangsu province. The research and follow-up analysis yields several important findings. In the first place,the study reflects a significant regional difference in terms of the development levels of urban and rural public services in Jiangsu province, on the one hand, the gap between urban and rural public service levels in northern districts of Jiangsu province is relatively huge, on the other hand, the middle and southern part of Jiangsu province both manifest a mild difference. Secondly, on the whole, urban residents' satisfaction degree on public service level is higher than that of rural residents'. Thirdly, each of the above mentioned public service levels in urban and rural area shows different development stage, especially in fields of cultural and sports service, and public facilities services. Last but not least, the majority of the studied urban and rural areas demonstrate low coordination degree in the development level of public services.
2015, Vol. 30 
