Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51528#.VG2vfmfHRK0 Author(s) Hisham S. El-Osta Affiliation(s) Economic Research Service, Washington DC, USA . ABSTRACT The primary purpose of the paper is to construct a combined index of quality-of-life and economic wellbeing based on national data from the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey. Additional objective is to assess the role of increased utilization of various types of Federal farm programs in the context of the life-cycle on socioeconomic wellbeing. A central finding, which has implication for rural development and the continuity of the family farm, shows a positive relationship between increased intensi...
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