Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ324282
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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Large-Scale Farming and the Quality of Life in Rural Communities: Further Specification of the Goldschmidt Hypothesis.
Green, Gary P.
Rural Sociology, v50 n2 p262-74 Sum 1985
Used 1934-1978 Missouri county-level data to analyze hypotheses related to Goldschmidt thesis. Confirmed hypothesis that scale of farm operation is negatively related to rural community quality of life. Received limited support for hypothesis that quality of life indices are negatively related to amount of increase in farm size over time.(NEC)
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Community Benefits, Community Change, Quality of Life, Rural Areas
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Historical Materials
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Missouri
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