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An Economic Analysis Of Inter-County Variation In Residence Patterns Of Farm Families In Utah, Kansas, California, Iowa, And Texas 1964, Leroy V. Clifford
An Economic Analysis Of Inter-County Variation In Residence Patterns Of Farm Families In Utah, Kansas, California, Iowa, And Texas 1964, Leroy V. Clifford
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This study was undertaken to determine which factors, if any, are responsible for inter-county variation in the percent of farm operators residing off the farm in California, Iowa, Kansas, Texas, and Utah.
These states were selected for this study because of their wide representation of the various types of agricultural and sectional differences. These states vary significantly in type of farm, tenure conditions, off-farm employment opportunities, cultural patterns, remoteness of farms from town, and other variables.
Forward step-wise regression analysis was utilized in each of the states to correlate percent of farm operators residing off the farm with type of …