Summary information
Study title
Information Sources of Scottish Farmers, 1974
Creator
Hulls, R. H., University of Dar es Salaam, Economic Research Bureau
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
Scottish Agricultural Development Council
Study number / PID
1368 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1368-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
The purpose of the survey was to gather information on the technical information sources of Scottish farmers.
Main Topics:
Information was gathered on:
(i) Viewing of agricultural TV programmes;
(ii) Agricultural radio programmes listened to;
(iii) Readership of agricultural sections of newspapers;
(iv) Readership of publications of Scottish Agricultural Colleges;
(v) Use of personal advice;
(vi) Relative importance and use of each information source.
Background Variables
Farm size; age; education.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1974 - 01/03/1974
Country
Scotland
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Farmers
Information sources
Universe
Scottish farmers
Sampling procedure
One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
200 registered crofters, and 200 farmers from each Scottish Agricultural College Area (East, North and West of Scotland)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Postal survey
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1981
Terms of data access
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Related publications
- Hulls, R. (1975) 'The use of farming information sources in Scotland', Agricultural Progress