Sources of Variation in the Level of Living of Farm Operators in the United States

The major hypothesis to be tested in this analysis is that income or economic class of farm will account for most of the variation in the percentage of farms reporting a level of living item. A minor or second hypothesis is that income or economic class will account for approximately the same amount...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social forces 1961-05, Vol.39 (4), p.338-346
Hauptverfasser: Mayo, Selz C., Hamilton, C. Horace, Pettus, Charles W.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The major hypothesis to be tested in this analysis is that income or economic class of farm will account for most of the variation in the percentage of farms reporting a level of living item. A minor or second hypothesis is that income or economic class will account for approximately the same amount of the variation for each of the seven items used in this study of level of living. The analysis, however, shows that both of these hypotheses must be rejected. Economic factors do not explain a major part of the total variation in the percentage of farms reporting these seven level of living items. In the case of home freezers, income accounted for just over three-fourths of the variation. And, approximately two-thirds of the variation in tractors is associated with income. On the other hand, to income is attributable only 27.1 percent and 29.5 percent of the variation in the distribution of television sets and telephones, respectively.
ISSN:0037-7732
1534-7605
DOI:10.2307/2573432