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Income and Economic Status of People with Farm Earnings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Donald K. Larson  and
Thomas A. Carlin
Donald K. Larson
Affiliation:
Economic Development Division, Economic Research Service, USDA
Thomas A. Carlin
Affiliation:
Economic Development Division, Economic Research Service, USDA
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Total money income typically is used to indicate the relative economic status of people. A family with total money income below some commonly recognized standard may be deemed to be poor. For example, the official low-income standard is the benchmark used by most analysts to indicate persons in poverty [15]. Historically, the proportion of farm people with low incomes has been greater than that for nonfarm people. In the 1960's, however, the income gap between farm and nonfarm people narrowed due primarily to increased off-farm income [2]. Growth in off-farm income in recent years ranks among several major changes affecting families in the farming sector [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16].

We recognize that the concept of economic status is multi-dimensional including elements other than current money income. Some of these include aspects of permanent income [4], net worth [18], and the general quality of life [1, 6].

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , December 1974 , pp. 73 - 79
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1974

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