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- Title
Correlates of Labor Efficiency Among Older Farmers In Poor Health.
- Authors
Andersen, Ronald M.; Eichhorn, Robert L.
- Abstract
All farmers are confronted with challenges from the agricultural environment which make the efficient use of their labor necessary for economic survival. Older farmers in poorer health were found to be especially handicapped in this respect. Some older farmers in poor health were, nonetheless, efficient. This study investigates correlates of farm labor efficiency among a group of central Indiana farmers of advanced years and in poor health. Efficient farmers differed from inefficient farmers with regard to their orientation toward work, the nature of their farms, and their social status. Efficient farmers were more active, tended to be moderate in their attitudes about the importance of work, worked larger and more productive farms, received higher incomes, and were more likely to serve as officers in community organizations.
- Subjects
INDIANA; UNITED States; LABOR productivity; SOCIAL conditions of farmers; AGRICULTURAL scientists; FARM management; COMMUNITY life
- Publication
Rural Sociology, 1964, Vol 29, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
0036-0112
- Publication type
Article