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Peer reviewedLight, Harriett K. – Journal of Home Economics, 1987
Describes the "North Dakota Family Coping Project," a program using research, teaching, and service expertise to help rural families cope with change. The program is built on four principles: (1) identify unique needs and characteristics, (2) utilize unique features, (3) build partnerships, and (4) monitor and evaluate programs. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Coping, Educational Needs, Family Problems
Remele, Larry – 1988
Thomas Jefferson's elevation of the small landowning farmer to the guardian and bastion of democracy became the centerpiece for a later generation's struggle. Jeffersonian democracy, a philosophy based on the belief that "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God" guided the rural insurgents that swept Minnesota and North…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Democracy, Democratic Values, Farmers
Download full textAlbrecht, Don E.; And Others – 1986
Farm and ranch operators in North Dakota (n=933) and Texas (n=1,020) were randomly surveyed in 1985 to determine the relationship of financial conditions to levels of off-farm employment by farm operators and spouses. The overall response rate was 75%. Off-farm employment was measured by number of days the farmer or spouse was employed off of the…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Farmers
Rathge, Richard W.; Swenson, Cynthia L. – 1985
Researchers explored farm women's economic contributions to the family farm--an economic contribution traditionally underestimated or ignored--employing use value production as an indicator of labor. Active labor, usually defined as commodity production, was broadened to include value production, or all activity contributing to making a living.…
Descriptors: Comparable Worth, Economic Research, Employed Women, Evaluation Problems
Ekstrom, Brenda L.; And Others – 1990
During the farm crisis of the 1980s, many midwestern farm families suffered financial distress, but by 1989 an uneven financial recovery was under way. This report summaries data collected from 273 North Dakota farm operators (a 39% response) and 232 spouses (a 33% response) as part of a large survey conducted in 12 North Central states. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Services, Coping, Economic Change
Murdock, Steve H.; Schriner, Eldon C. – 1977
Based on a secondary analysis of data from a statewide survey of North Dakota residents conducted during the spring of 1976, this study examined the differences in levels of support for environmental protection and economic growth via respondent characteristics, respondent characteristics within residence types, and occupational and social class…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Community Attitudes, Community Size
