Determinants of economic well-being among U.S. farm operator households

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-304

  El Osta, Hisham S ^a   Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Morehart, Mitchell J ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ARMS data; Composite measure of economic well being; Farm households

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248175018     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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