Households associated with agricultural holdings:

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Households associated with agricultural
holdings Socio-economic dimensions Presentation
to the Second Meeting of the WYE CITY GROUP ON
STATISTICS ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME June 11 12, 2009 Rome,
Italy Ray D. Bollman Statistics Canada
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women Regional patterns 2 Typology of
farmers versus a typology of farms 3 Labour
supply generated by census-farm operator
households 4 Typology of
households by farmltgtnon-farm work patterns 5 Do
young(er) operators have agricultural-related
post- secondary education? 6. Summary References A
ppendix A The Agriculture-Population Linkage An
Overview of the Methodology Appendix B Selected
studies based, in whole or in part, on the
Agriculture-Population Linkage database
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Outline
• Introduction
• Farming families and family farms remain a policy
  focus in Canada.
• The Canadian Agriculture-Population Linkage
  database is a unique database that assembles
• the characteristics of the agricultural holding
  (from the Census of Agriculture questionnaire)
  and
• the characteristics of each member of the
  household of each operator of an agricultural
  holding (from the Census of Population
  questionnaire).
• In this paper, we have pursued selected topics to
  illustrate the utility of this database.

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Summary
• During the 1990s, 20 of the earnings of all
  census-farm operator households (CFOH) were
  received as unincorporated net farm income.
• CFOH members may receive agric. earnings as
  wages or dividends.
• During the 1990s, estimated agric. labour and
  capital earnings was about 30 of total
  household earnings.
• This is most important for CFOH associated with
  larger ag. holdings.
• The distrib. of agric. holdings, according to
  the capacity to provide a net farm inc. above the
  low inc. cut-off, has not changed suggesting
  little change in the demand for CFOH to find
  other sources of earnings.
• Est. agric. labour and capital earnings, as a
  of total hshld. earnings, has declined for CFOH
  associated with each size of agric. holding.
• A typology of farmers cross-tab. with a
  typology of farms shows no one-to-one mapping
  of operators as farmers and holdings as farms
• Within CFOH, more women are measured in the
  labour force and most are working in non-farm
  occupations.
• Males in CFOH shifted (a bit) from a farm to a
  non-farm occupation.
• Institutions providing agric.-related post-sec.
  educ. have reached 15 to 42 (depending upon the
  prov.) of the younger operators of viable farms.

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Outline
• Introduction
• What is the Agricultural-Population Linkage
  database?
• The Canadian Agriculture-Population Linkage
  database is a unique database that assembles
• the characteristics of the agricultural holding
  (from the Census of Agriculture questionnaire)
  and
• the characteristics of each member of the
  household of each operator of an agricultural
  holding (from the Census of Population
  questionnaire).

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Summary
• During the 1990s, 20 of the earnings of all
  census-farm operator households (CFOH) were
  received as unincorporated net farm income.
• CFOH members may receive agric. earnings as
  wages or dividends.
• During the 1990s, estimated agric. labour and
  capital earnings was about 30 of total
  household earnings.
• This is most important for CFOH associated with
  larger ag. holdings.

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business size
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Summary
• During the 1990s, 20 of the earnings of all
  census-farm operator households (CFOH) were
  received as unincorporated net farm income.
• CFOH members may receive agric. earnings as
  wages or dividends.
• During the 1990s, estimated agric. labour and
  capital earnings was about 30 of total
  household earnings.
• This is most important for CFOH associated with
  larger ag. holdings.
• The distrib. of agric. holdings, according to
  the capacity to provide a net farm inc. above the
  low inc. cut-off, has not changed suggesting
  little change in the demand for CFOH to find
  other sources of earnings.
• Est. agric. labour and capital earnings, as a
  of total hshld. earnings, has declined for CFOH
  associated with each size of agric. holding.

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women Regional patterns
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women Regional patterns 2 Typology of
farmers versus a typology of farms
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Summary
• During the 1990s, 20 of the earnings of all
  census-farm operator households (CFOH) were
  received as unincorporated net farm income.
• CFOH members may receive agric. earnings as
  wages or dividends.
• During the 1990s, estimated agric. labour and
  capital earnings was about 30 of total
  household earnings.
• This is most important for CFOH associated with
  larger ag. holdings.
• The distrib. of agric. holdings, according to
  the capacity to provide a net farm inc. above the
  low inc. cut-off, has not changed suggesting
  little change in the demand for CFOH to find
  other sources of earnings.
• Est. agric. labour and capital earnings, as a
  of total hshld. earnings, has declined for CFOH
  associated with each size of agric. holding.
• A typology of farmers cross-tab. with a
  typology of farms shows no one-to-one mapping
  of operators as farmers and holdings as farms.

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women Regional patterns 2 Typology of
farmers versus a typology of farms 3 Labour
supply generated by census-farm operator
households
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women Regional patterns 2 Typology of
farmers versus a typology of farms 3 Labour
supply generated by census-farm operator
households 4 Typology of
households by farmltgtnon-farm work patterns
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Summary
• During the 1990s, 20 of the earnings of all
  census-farm operator households (CFOH) were
  received as unincorporated net farm income.
• CFOH members may receive agric. earnings as
  wages or dividends.
• During the 1990s, estimated agric. labour and
  capital earnings was about 30 of total
  household earnings.
• This is most important for CFOH associated with
  larger ag. holdings.
• The distrib. of agric. holdings, according to
  the capacity to provide a net farm inc. above the
  low inc. cut-off, has not changed suggesting
  little change in the demand for CFOH to find
  other sources of earnings.
• Est. agric. labour and capital earnings, as a
  of total hshld. earnings, has declined for CFOH
  associated with each size of agric. holding.
• A typology of farmers cross-tab. with a
  typology of farms shows no one-to-one mapping
  of operators as farmers and holdings as
  farms.
• Within CFOH, more women are measured in the
  labour force and most are working in non-farm
  occupations.
• Males in CFOH shifted (a bit) from a farm to a
  non-farm occupation.

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women Regional patterns 2 Typology of
farmers versus a typology of farms 3 Labour
supply generated by census-farm operator
households 4 Typology of
households by farmltgtnon-farm work patterns 5 Do
young(er) operators have agricultural-related
post- secondary education?
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Outline Introduction What is the
Agricultural-Population Linkage database? 1
Understanding household earnings patterns and
change over time The way farm earnings are
received by household members Structure of
agricultural holdings by business
size Increasing labour force participation rates
by women Regional patterns 2 Typology of
farmers versus a typology of farms 3 Labour
supply generated by census-farm operator
households 4 Typology of
households by farmltgtnon-farm work patterns 5 Do
young(er) operators have agricultural-related
post- secondary education? 6. Summary
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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions

• Summary
• During the 1990s, 20 of the earnings of all
  census-farm operator households (CFOH) were
  received as unincorporated net farm income.
• CFOH members may receive agric. earnings as
  wages or dividends.
• During the 1990s, estimated agric. labour and
  capital earnings was about 30 of total
  household earnings.
• This is most important for CFOH associated with
  larger ag. holdings.
• The distrib. of agric. holdings, according to
  the capacity to provide a net farm inc. above the
  low inc. cut-off, has not changed suggesting
  little change in the demand for CFOH to find
  other sources of earnings.
• Est. agric. labour and capital earnings, as a
  of total hshld. earnings, has declined for CFOH
  associated with each size of agric. holding.
• A typology of farmers cross-tab. with a
  typology of farms shows no one-to-one mapping
  of operators as farmers and holdings as
  farms.
• Within CFOH, more women are measured in the
  labour force and most are working in non-farm
  occupations.
• Males in CFOH shifted (a bit) from a farm to a
  non-farm occupation.
• Institutions providing agric.-related post-sec.
  educ. have reached 15 to 42 (depending upon the
  prov.) of the younger operators of viable farms.

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Households associated with agricultural holdings
Socio-economic dimensions
Households associated with agricultural
holdings Socio-economic dimensions Presentation
to the Second Meeting of the WYE CITY GROUP ON
STATISTICS ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME June 11 12, 2009 Rome,
Italy Ray D. Bollman Statistics Canada
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