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 & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Technological Self-Reliance Index

Our Classification

Distribution

Range 0 - 72, Mean 20, Average item possession 6,8, Median item possession 6,0, Mean effectiveness rating 2,9

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