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SAMPLING FRAMES FOR FARM SURVEYS IN THE U.K.: SOME ALTERNATIVES
Author(s) -
Errington Andrew
Publication year - 1985
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.1477-9552.1985.tb00170.x
Subject(s) - sampling frame , sampling (signal processing) , frame (networking) , population , agriculture , statistics , geography , sampling design , survey methodology , computer science , agricultural science , mathematics , telecommunications , demography , environmental science , sociology , archaeology , detector
The lack of a suitable sampling frame can be a major problem facing those who wish to gather information from farm surveys but who do not have access to comprehensive lists of agricultural holdings. This paper considers two alternatives. The feasibility and sampling efficiency of using the natural clusters of farms contained within parishes is first examined using information gained from a survey of farms in the Vale of the White Horse District of Oxfordshire. The same survey also provides an opportunity to evaluate the suitability of ‘Yellow Pages’ Telephone Directories as a sampling frame for farm surveys. It is concluded that surveys based on such a frame will provide estimates of the values of population parameters sufficiently accurate for most purposes.