Analyses of a sample of U.S. farm families based on March Current Population data for 1977-98 show that off-farm work decisions are made jointly by farm couples. Demographic differences across households are shown to have very important effects, while traditional farm policies appear less likely to influence off-farm work decisions.

根据1977年至1998年3月的当前人口数据，对美国农场家庭的样本分析表明，非农工作的决定是由农场夫妇共同做出的。家庭间的人口统计学差异显示出非常重要的影响，而传统农业政策似乎不太可能影响非农工作决策。