Table 7.

Variables used in the multidimensional well-being scalar for Altamira study area (1997/98)

Income Formation

Educational attainment of the household head

Number of household members with off-farm activities

Total per capita household income

Weighted-index of wealth upon arrival on the property

Type of labor force used on the property (family, sharecropper, temporary, permanent)

Portfolio of Assets

Stock of cattle

Years using electric power on the property

Number of other properties owned (rural or urban)

Property size

Price-weighted goods

Household physical attributes (roof/cover type, wall material, floor   type, electric power, water supply, type of bathroom, type of drain)

Family Social Network

Relatives living in the region

Number of families living on the property

Number of family members living in any city within the study area

Help from children to the household in the last 12 months

Land Use Strategy

Proportion of the property in pasture

Proportion of the property in perennials

Proportion of the property in annuals

Proportion of the property in primary forest

Proportion of the property in other land use/cover classes (secondary   succession, water, orchard, house & yard)

Monetized production for self-consumption

Weighted index for agricultural technology

Biophysical Capital

Proportion of the property in high fertility soil (terra-roxa)

Property location (feeder road vs. highway)

Accessibility to the property during the rainy season

Community-based Networks

Access to formal agricultural credit

Membership to local association/union/cooperative