本文采用模比系数法,按乡村经济发展水平、产业结构和农业结构三类指标,将江苏省65个县(县级市)划分为8个乡村经济类型(含12个亚类型),以便为乡村发展的宏观决策和分类指导提供参考,为开展江苏乡村地理的选点调查打下基础,对乡村经济类型的研究方法作初步尝试。

In this article a classification of rural economic types in Jiangsu Province is carried out by coefficient of mode ratio on the basis of 1980 statistics. The following indexes are used for classification.1. Gross rural social product per head of rural labour, 2. Percentage of rural labour with non-agricultural occupation, 3. Net income per head of rural population, 4.Pencentage of rural industy in gross rural social product, 5.Ratio of rural industrial and agricultural output value, 6.Percentage of crops farming in gross agricultural output value, 7. Ratio of crops farming and stockraising plus fishing output value.As the result 65 counties of Jiangsu Province are divided into 8 rural economic types.Ⅰ.Developed industrial type, Ⅱ.eveloped industrial-agricultural type, Ⅲ.Medium developed industrial-agricultural type, Ⅳ:Medium developed agricultural-industrial type, Ⅴ.Less developed agricultural-industrial type, Ⅵ.Less developed agricultural type, Ⅶ.Least developed agricultural, industrial type,.Ⅷ.Least developed agricultural type.Some of types are subdivided into subtypes 1 (with more diverse agriculture) and 2 (with less diverse agriculture).