Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2010, 56(7):310-316 | DOI: 10.17221/51/2010-AGRICECON
Living conditions of Czech farmers according to the EU statistics on income
- Department of Marketing and Trade, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
The article deals with the assessment of income situation of the Czech households with the head person working or self-employed in the farm sector. The actual analyses result from initial consideration of the rise and dynamics of income disparities in our country. The primary data source are obtained from the European Union survey project - Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Our reference period, in view of the data availability at the time of the article processing, is represented by the year 2007. The core studied variable is represented by the volume of the income calculated for each household. The information obtained by the study of this variable was complemented by other variables enabling the logical validity check and analysis of the socioeconomic environment of households under examination. The main findings and conclusions are derived from the analysis of the decile and quintile classification of the relevant equivalized income data. The prime goal of the study was to quantify the share of the Czech agriculture related households living in the monthly income lower than 60% of the nationwide median value of the income variable under consideration. The households identified with such income position are referred to as the "households-at-risk-of-income poverty". The results are calculated per 1 physical household member, which the authors found more illustrative and easy to understand. The household size equalization procedures according to the EU and the OECD methodology will follow. This will enable the international comparison of the achieved results.
Keywords: EU-SILC, farm households, income per person, income disparities, income situation, income poverty
Published: July 31, 2010 Show citation
References
- Ciaian P., Qineti A, Sojkova Z., Kabat L., Hanova M. (2001): European integration: The case of agricultural farms in Slovak Republic. Ekonomický časopis, 49: 330-357.
- Kabát L. (2007): Príjmová situácia a životné podmienky obyvateľstva Slovenska podľa štatistiky SILC 2005 (Situation in income and living conditions of Slovak population according EU SILC 2005 Statistics). Slovenská štatistika a demográfia, 17: 5-30.
- Kohout P. (2005): Nerovnost jako přirozený stav [online]. Available at www.rozhlas.cz/_binary/00150681.doc (accessed 28 March 2010).
- Nagyova L., Krocanova M., Madarova L. (2007): Harmonization of European and national labels. Rural Development, 3: 246-253.
- Stavkova J., Stejskal L., Toufarova Z. (2008): Factors influencing consumer behaviour. Agricultural Economics - Czech, 54: 276-284.
Go to original source... - Strukturální výsledky za zem ědělství v roce 2007 (Farm Structure Survey Results in 2007) (2008) [online]. Available at http://www.czso.cz/csu/2008%20edicniplan.nsf/engpubl/2126-08-2007 (accesed 15th April 2010).
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.