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• TITLE: An Index of Socio-Economic Well-Being of U.S. Farm Households

  AUTHORS: Hisham S. El-Osta

  KEYWORDS: Farm Programs, Multinomial Probit Regression, Quality of Life, Socio Economic Wellbeing

  JOURNAL NAME: Modern Economy, Vol.5 No.12, November 19, 2014

  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 utilizationof 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 intensity of farm program participation and higher likelihoods of socioeconomic wellbeing, particularly among elderly farmers.