Guidelines for the improvement of statistics on women
Obtaining statistics from national agricultural surveys in selected countries of the Near East
STATISTICS DIVISION WOMEN AND POPULATION DIVISION
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1996
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Concepts and definitions in population-related agricultural surveys
Relationship with head of household
Agricultural holding and holding parcel
Holder, hired manager and respondent
Usually economically active population
Not usually economically active persons
Main and secondary occupations
Permanent agricultural workers on the holding
Questionnaires and instruction manuals
Frames for agricultural censuses and sample surveys
Selection and training of field and office staff