Evaluating the tradeoff between individual benefits and societal benefits in farmer decisions. — Social Science Studies
Data in the KBS LTER core database may not be published without written permission of the lead investigator or project director Full terms of use
Data recorded in this file are responses to two sets of Likert scale questions (3 levels offered) to 6 question about environmental benefits from environmental stewardship to the individual and society.
Responses are scored as follows:
1- Highly important
2- Somewhat important
3- Not important
This datatable is part of the Crop Management and Environmental Stewardship dataset.
Data recorded here came from a 2008 mail survey of Michigan corn and soybean farmers, entitled “Crop Managemand and Environmental Stewardship: A Survey of Your Opinions.”.
Survey instruments and details are given in Jolejole, M. C. 2009. Trade-offs, incentives, and the supply of ecosystem services from cropland. MS Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Note
| Experiment: | Social Science Studies |
| Data available from: | February 2008 to March 2008 |
| Dataset: | KBS123 |
| Datatable ID: | KBS123-001.9 |
| Core Areas | Populations |
| Repository link: | http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/eb85182c6f480863dd396cbb936e9dd6 |
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| Last Updated | 2023-10-24 |
| Variate | Description | Units |
|---|---|---|
| respondent | Number assigned to each respondent | |
| c1a | (Individual) Increasing Soil Organic Matter | |
| c1b | (Individual) Increasing soil conservation | |
| c1c | (Individual) Reducing phosphorus surface runoff | |
| c1d | (Individual) Reducing nitrate leaching | |
| c1e | (Individual) Reducing global warming | |
| c1f | (Individual) Reducing pesticide risk to human health | |
| c2a | (Society) Increasing Soil Organic Matter | |
| c2b | (Society) Increasing soil conservation | |
| c2c | (Society) Reducing phosphorus surface runoff | |
| c2d | (Society) Reducing nitrate leaching | |
| c2e | (Society) Reducing global warming | |
| c2f | (Society) Reducing pesticide risk to human health |
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Data Excerpt
| respondent | c1a | c1b | c1c | c1d | c1e | c1f | c2a | c2b | c2c | c2d | c2e | c2f |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |