Summary information

Study title

Farm Families with other Gainful Activities, 1984

Creator

Gasson, R., Wye College, Department of Agricultural Economics

Hill, N. B., Wye College, Department of Agricultural Economics

Study number / PID

2614 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2614-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

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(a) To identify the nature of the main other gainful activities of farm families; (b) to measure their importance to the total income of the family, and (c) to measure the differences in (a) and (b) by region and by size of farm.
Main Topics:

Variables
Agricultural holdings: type, size, tenure; farm households: size, composition, occupations; farm household incomes: earned and unearned by source; employment of non-household members; attitudes to part-time farming; changes in farm business; work history of farmers; means of acquiring land; farm succession plans; travel to work; date first farming; farm investment; grant-aided investment.

Agriculture and rural industry

AGEAGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISESAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL WORKERSAGRICULTUREANCILLARY FARM ENTERPRISESATTITUDESCROPSDEVELOPMENTEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT HISTORYFAMILIES

Data collection period

01/05/1984 - 01/11/1984

Country

England and Wales

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Families/households

National

Families

Farmers

Universe

Farmers and/or their spouses who combine another gainful activity with farm work.

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1989

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Gasson, R. (1986) 'Part time farming :: strategy for survival?', Sociologica Ruralis
Gasson, R. (1988) The economics of part-time farming, Harlow: Longmans.
Gasson, R. (1986) 'Part-time farming : : its place in the structure of agriculture' , London: Allen &amp.
Hill, B. (1987) 'Multiple sources of income : : implications for family incomes and farm income support', Journal of Agricultural Economics
Gasson, R. (1986) 'Part-time farming in England and Wales', Journal of the Roayal Agricultural Society
Gasson, R. (1986) Farm families with other gainful activities: Wye College.
Gasson, R. (1987) 'The nature and extent of part-time farming in England and Wales', Journal of Agricultural Economics