Study Jacob & Brinkerhoff (1997): study US 1989

Public

'Back to the land' mini farmers, USA,1989

Sample

Respondents

N = 565

Non Response

43,8

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire

Correlate

Authors's Label

HFP-Ecological sensitivity gap

Our Classification

Operationalization

Discrepancy between Homestead Food Production and Ecological Sensitivity

VALUE
Ecological sensitivity is importance of: 1. The expansion of wilderness areas; 2.preserving old growth forests; 3. Providing habitat for endangered species; 4. Recycling newspapers; 5. Reducing personal energy consumption.

PERFORMANCE is the percentage
of a family's food, that the respondents claimed was produced for their smallholding. The Homestaed Food Production index has a range between 0 and 100 per cent.

GAP between value and performance is constructed by dichotomizing the value scale and the performance indexes at their repective medians and to cross these indicators with each other. The respondents will fall in one of the four categories:
a.No gap low values-low HFP
b.gap    high values-low HFP
c.gap    low values-high HFP
d.no gap high values-high HFP

Observed Relation with Happiness