[ Objective ] To understand the status and influencing factors of elderly life quality in the rural area with three endowment patterns of the family endowment, home-based endowment and institution endowment in Xinyang City. [ Methods ] The life quality of 549 elderlys in Luoshan Country of Xinyang City was evaluated by the SF-36,and the influencing factors were analyzed by ANO?VA, t-test, and multivariate stepwise regression analysis. [ Results ] The total scores of elderly life quality for the family endow?ment, home-based endowment and inst...