中文摘要：

本文基于云南红河州农户调查数据采用多层统计分析方法对西部少数民族地区农村收入不平等进行分析。研究发现收入不平等不仅存在于村庄之间，还存在于村庄内部家庭之间；地理位置和地形是影响农户村庄层面差异的重要因素，而生产性固定资产、土地面积、劳动力年龄、教育程度、培训比例、负担率、种植结构、工资收入比重、非农业参与率影响了农户个体之间的差异；这些因素都是产生收入不平等的源泉，其中土地、种植结构、地形三大因素贡献率占30％。结果表明发展区域特色经济、实现农业产业化经营是减少收入不平等的重要途径。

英文摘要：

It＇s quite necessary to analyze rural income inequality in western minority areas. In this paper, multilevel model is creatively applied to income analysis using household-level data and researches on Yunnan Honghe Automonous Region also do good to proverty reduction. On the basis of empirical evidence, it is found that： （a） income inequality exists in between towns and households within town; （b）geographic element can account for income disparity in town level; （c） such basic factors as land plant age education training wage, capital input, family burden and non-agriculture participation play a vital role in individual level; （d） thirty percent of income inequality comes from such three factors as land plant locate. These results demonstrate that the development of regional characteristic economy and agricultural industrialization can contribute to the alleviation of income inequality.