Advantage status

Item

−1

−2

−3

−4

All households

Economic

Quality of life

Both

None

Operator characteristics¹

Age: 35-44 (=1)

0.13

0.16

0.11

0.15

0.14

Age: 45-54 (=1)

0.28

0.16

0.25

0.29

0.26

Age: 45-64 (=1)

0.29

0.33

0.32

0.26

0.3

Age: 65 or older (=1)

0.28

0.31

0.3

0.23

0.27

Education, years

13.84^*

12.59^*

13.77^*

12.87

13.29

Gender: male (=1)

0.94

0.91

0.93

0.88

0.91

Marital status: married (=1)

0.95

0.74

0.9

0.75

0.84

Presence of children under 17 (=1)

0.29

0.36

0.27

0.29

0.3

Household and farm characteristics²

Off-farm income in previous year ($1000)

57.22^*

26.58

61.50^*

27.49

43.02

Number of farm program payments received

1

0.54

0.73

0.6

0.74

Farm sales in previous year ($1000)

99.41^*

40.96

89.82^*

35.84

66.72

More than 50 % of operated acres are rented (=1)

0.23

0.24

0.21

0.27

0.24

Sole proprietorship (=1)

0.89

0. 69

0.89

0.95

0.92

Miles to nearest town with a population of 10,000

52.74^*

47.03^*

43.85^*

62.61

52.95

County characteristics³

County unemployment rate in 2003, %

5.98^*

6.1

5.59^*

6.13

5.97

% employed in transportation and utilities, 2003

2.49

2.43

2.5

2.42

2.46

% employed in finance, insurance, and real estate, 2003

5.45

5.67^*

6.10^*

5.27

5.56

% employed in government, 2003

15.67

15.03^*

15.13^*

16.24

15.62

% employed in construction, 2003

5.95

6.10^*

6.13^*

5.75

5.95

% employed in manufacturing, 2003

10.93^*

11.92^*

11.16^*

10.28

10.97

Sample size

2,684

879

1,533

1,610

6,706

Expanded number of farms using survey weights

627,353

395,646

406,299

638,075

2,067,373

Distribution of households (%)

30.34

19.14

19.65

30.86

100