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Farm Population Decline and the Income of Rural Families
Author(s) -
Gardner Bruce L.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238614
Subject(s) - rural population , population , socioeconomics , rural area , rural development , population decline , economics , geography , agriculture , agricultural economics , demography , political science , sociology , archaeology , law
The effects of farm population decline on median rural family incomes in states and counties are estimated. Farm population decline is found to be associated with increases in incomes of rural farm families and to have no long term effect on incomes of rural non‐farm families.