Study Jacob & Brinkerhoff (1999): study US 1998
- Public:
- 'Back to the landers', USA 1998
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 565
- Non Response:
- 41,8
- Assessment:
- Questionnaire: paper
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Technological Self-Reliance Index
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Respondents were presented with 25 soft-technologies and asked whether they possessed or used the technologies, for example:
- garden
- goats
- greenhouse
- composting toilets
- photo voltaic
they were asked to which degree the technologies provided their family with self-reliance or independence (on a four-point-scale from 1 "not at all effective" to 4 "very effective"
TSR is calculated by multiplying each technology possessed by the efficiency rating claimed for the particular technology
theoretical range from 0 - 100
Observed Relation with Happiness
- homestead food production