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- Title
The Expectation to Farm: An Interaction of Background and Experience.
- Authors
Molnar, Joseph J.; Dunkelberger, John E.
- Abstract
American agriculture has undergone a downward shift in the number of farms and farmers and an increase in the size of individual farm units. Trends in agricultural education, however, show greater numbers of farm students interested in farming and agriculture-related careers. Given that fewer individuals will have the opportunity to actually engage in farming, important questions relate to the set of background and experiential factors that lead to an initial desire or expectation to farm as well as those conditions that deflect individuals away from farm choices. The paper focuses on antecedent factors indicative of anticipatory socialization to farm occupations. Data were obtained through a mail questionnaire administered to two samples of agriculture students at 1862 and 1890 land-grant schools in the Southern region. In each sample, log-linear models are employed to analyze the cross-classified categories of background factors and the expectation to farm. Of special interest is the interaction of various personal characteristics and experiences as they affect realistic expectations for a farming career.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FARMERS; FARMS; AGRICULTURAL education; SOCIALIZATION; AGRICULTURE
- Publication
Rural Sociology, 1981, Vol 46, Issue 1, p62
- ISSN
0036-0112
- Publication type
Article