Process of Differentiation in Small-Scale Agricultural Family Businesses in Pelarco, Chile (1st Wave, 1984)

Differentiation processes of the beneficiaries of agrarian reform after
allocation of land in Pelarco, (Chile).

Topics: type of land acquisition; time spent farming the land; length
of time spent as a farmer; work carried out on the old property;
membership and leadership position in organizations; interest in
additional land acquisition; preferred land ownership; willingness to
lease land owned; reasons for success and failure of agricultural
activities; personal ideas of agricultural success; financial
prerequisites for personal work migration; knowledge of the
Colbun-Machicura project; knowledge of the country´s foreign debt;
preference for a high level of competence vs. the economic necessity of
working in filling a teaching position; assumed amount of salary of a
teacher or college instructor; type of house construction; condition of
house; size of house; location of kitchen; number of rooms and beds in
total and per family member; possession of furniture; possession of a
car; number of children; childrens´ average age and education level;
amount of subsidy; social insurance contributions and social insurance
institution; living in the house mentioned as well as structural
changes made; construction of barns; value of fencing; ownership of
capital; ownership of machines and animals at the time of allocation.
Additionally encoded were: identification of interviewer and place of
interview. In addition the data set contains the encoding of open
questions about technical production knowledge and ability, the
willingness to improve on this knowledge as well as analogous questions
on knowledge and ability in the area of business management and the
willingness to expand on this knowledge. The answers were each assigned
points from 1 (bad) to 10 (good).