Characteristics of Agricultural Work Force Households, 1987

摘要

There were almost 5.4 million agricultural work force households (households in which some member does farmwork at some time during the year) in 1987, down 4.1 percent from 1985. About two-thirds of agricultural work force households depend little on farmwork for employment, according to the 1987 Agricultural Work Force Survey. Those most affected by farm job loss would be the 1.5 million high-dependence households in which the head is primarily employed at farmwork. While most agricultural work force households are in the Eastern United States, the West has a greater proportion of households highly dependent on agriculture. Almost 7.7 million persons 14 years of age and older were employed on U.S. farms as farm operators, hired farmworkers, and unpaid farmworkers in 1987 (about 5 percent fewer than in 1985).