摘要：The growing dependence of small farm households upon nonfarm income involves impoitant changes i n sources of income, i n levels and techniques of production, and i n assessments of economic well-being. Based on a sample of small-farm households drawn from the four rural development regions of Georgia, t h i s research examines these changes by focusing on household income, tracing patterns of decision-making related to i t s production, and attempts to evaluate the consequent economic we1 1-being of small-farm households. The primary analytic technique i s discriminant analysis, with 28 variables representing three elements of the farming system--the household, the household's resources and farming enterprises.
