Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study sought to reflect the diversity of rural contexts and farm structure across Western Europe. It consists of two surveys - the baseline survey and the final survey. The baseline survey, conducted in 1987, covered basic conditions, work and income patterns of farm households in different socio-economic situations in Europe with a view to further investigation over the next three years of the reasons, extent and effects of change experienced by some of them at farm, local, regional and national levels with special reference to multiple job-holding. The final survey was carried out in 1991. The baseline survey data are held as separate study numbers for each country (see list of constituent studies). The dataset containing the merged data of the baseline and final surveys for all countries is held as SN:2973.

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This dataset comprises the collation of the individual datasets of participating institutes with the addition of computed derived variables. Baseline Survey: Farm size and tenure; agricultural production and livestock; ownership and control; farming background; farm buildings and machinery; contract work; finance and income; retrospective events; residence; household members and farm workforces; personal data and activit ies for each person; use of policies; future expectations. Final Survey: Change of farm operator since 1987; farm size and land use; agricultural production; buildings equipment and land improvement; agricultural machinery; contract work and relief labour services; famr management; finance capital credit and income; use of policies; household amenities/facilitieis; household residence and farm workforce personal data and activities for each person; future expectations; commitment/attachment to farming; indicators of attitudes.

See documentation that accompanies this dataset for details of sampling procedures used for the ind

Face-to-face interview