Publication |
Author(s) | Molnar, J.J. |
Title | Determinants of Subjective Well-Being among Farm Operators. |
Source | Rural Sociology, 1985, Vol. 50, 141 - 162 |
Investigation |
Public | Farm operators, Alabama, USA, 1981 |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Not available |
| Probability simple random sample drawn from a master list maintained by various agencies and organizations serving the state |
Respondents N = | 705 |
Non Response | 29,9% |
Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Mailed questionnaire |
General remarks | The author supplied some additional data, i.e. non-significant regression-coëfficients, that were not published in the table on p.156 of the article |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | | Our subject description |
Age | show | Current age (in years) |
Combined off-farm employment status | show | Multiple jobs |
Combined off-farm employment status | show | Time spend to farming, also classified as above ↑ |
Commitment to farming | show | Attitudes to current occupation |
Commitment to farming | show | Concern about farming, also classified as above ↑ |
Economic constraints | show | Economic success of farm |
Education | show | Level of school-education |
Expected well-being in five years | show | In the near future (up to 5 years) |
Farm structure and individual characteristics | show | Current characteristics of the farm |
Farm structure and individual characteristics | show | Socio-demographic + environmental factors, also classified as above ↑ |
Gross farm sales | show | Size of farm |
Growth plans | show | Economic success of farm |
Land operated | show | Size of farm |
Off-farm workdays | show | Time spend to farming |
Percent farm income | show | Time spend to farming |
Self-definition as a farm operator | show | Concern about farming |
Self-definition as a farm operator | show | Self-perceived social identity, also classified as above ↑ |
Total family income | show | Household income |
Wife's work status | show | Current employment status |
Wife's work status | show | Full-time vs part-time, also classified as above ↑ |
Wife's work status | show | Time spend to farming, also classified as above ↑ |