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LAND TENURE AND OFFICIAL STATISTICS: A RESEARCH NOTE *
Author(s) -
Rose D.,
Newby H.,
Saunders P.,
Bell C.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1977.tb00855.x
Subject(s) - official statistics , agriculture , land tenure , agricultural land , social statistics , economics , statistics , geography , political science , agricultural economics , regional science , sociology , social science , mathematics , archaeology
In recent years there has been a great deal of discussion in the social sciences concerning the use of official statistics. This research note takes the case of official land tenure statistics, and, on the basis of material gathered in interviews with farmers in East Anglia, shows how these statistics are both technically and conceptually weak and fail to give a true picture of land tenure patterns on large agricultural holdings. The implications of this analysis for assessments of the impact of taxation changes on agriculture are briefly examined.