INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT PLANNING IN THE RURAL SECTOR; STUDY OF RURAL WELFARE, FINAL REPORT

Emphasis was placed on seeking other kinds of indicators of welfare in addition to employment and income and collecting and tabulating information in a way that it would have direct implications for current program implementation. These interests account for the somewhat new methodological approaches created for use in the survey: use of a community survey preceeding the family survey, and the use of two questionnaires in the family survey. One family survey deals with income and employment and the other addresses use of income and time outside of work-related activities, including rural families" participation in public services. Questionnaire A is titled "Income Generation and Employment." Topics explored include: general characteristics; education and health; structures and equipment; land tenure; crop production; livestock production; non-agricultural production; employment; occupational experience; use of time; days per year; credit, technical assistance, and marketing; and participation in formal organizations. Questionnaire B is titled "Use of Income, Public Services, Well Being." Topics covered include: general characteristics; education; health; nutrition; housing and possessions; household expenditures; use of time: house per day; production and employment; credit, technical assistance, and marketing; values and attitudes about well being.