Table 2.

Descriptive statistics about land ownership and rentership

Descriptive variable	Variable coding	Full-owners N = 86	Part-owners and tenants N = 53
Education	1 = some high school or less, 2 = high school diploma, 3 = vocational or tech diploma, 4 = some college but no degree, 5 = bachelor degree, 6 = graduate degree	3.63	3.41
Gross agricultural income	1 = $1–24,999 2 = $25K–99,999 3 = $100K–249,999 4 = $250K–499,999	1.83	3.02
%Household income from farming	1 = 1–25 % 2 = 26–50 % 3 = 51–75 % 4 = 76–100 %	1.74	2.42
Tillable acres owned		235.24	201.19
Own acres farmed		131.20	211.44
Leased acres farmed		0.00	367.81
Total acres farmed		131.20	579.25
Highly erodible acres farmed		79.00	371.09
Total # of information sources		2.95	3.14
Total communication channels		2.69	3.49