Families with Farm Income: Their Income, Income Distribution, and Income Sources

John C. Crecink

No 329207, Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This report utilizes data from the Farm Family Living Expenditures Survey of 1973. Nationally, total income for farm families is becoming more equally distributed. Low-farm incomes or even negative farm income does not necessarily indicate a low family income because over 90 percent of the families had income from at least one other source in addition to farming. Most low-income farm families were concentrated in the South, particularly in the Appalachian and Delta region. The Corn Belt also had a sizeable number of farm families whose income was below the poverty threshold.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58
Date: 1979-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.329207

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