COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP AND OPTIMISM AMONG SMALL SCALE FISHERMEN IN PANAMA

Investigates the extent to which membership in fishing cooperative improves fisherman"s optimism about achieving long-term goals.

ROBBINS, M. C.; ROBBINS, L. C. +1 more · 1970

Abstract

It is suggested that the psychological and economic support provided by cooperatives help alleviate the stress and uncertainity associated with the dependence on a variable resource base. This report describes the study"s population sample and outlines the survey, a test in which fishermen rate their satisfaction with their past, present, and future status on a one-to-ten scale. The data is then analyzed, using probabilistic temporal models in the form of Markov chain processes.

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