Agricultural Co-Operatives

The attitude of farmers to co-operatives.

Topics: Business and emotional ties to the local co-operatives;
significance of individual co-operatives for the agricultural company;
characterization of the co-operative in comparison to private trade in
the country; personal contact with the leaders of the local
co-operative; participation in membership meetings; attitude to a
secondary business management and non-agricultural members in the
co-operative; satisfaction with business management of the
co-operatives; attitude to consolidation of smaller local
co-operatives; attitude to agricultural production co-operatives;
contacts with the agriculture school; possession of agricultural
vehicles and machines; membership in agricultural organizations and
co-operatives; reading technical journals and daily newspapers;
television habits and paying attention to advertising broadcasts;
possession or intent to purchase a television set; type of company and
company size; livestock holdings and number of animal-drawn vehicles.

Demography: age; religious denomination; school education; vocational
training; occupation; housing situation; state.

Interviewer rating: city size.