Abstract

AVILA DORANTES, José Antonio; CHAN CHI, Reymundo; CAAMAL CAHUICH, Ignacio  and  PAT FERNANDEZ, Verna Grisell. Socioeconomic determinants of permanence of farmer in its production unit: Campeche, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.4, pp.743-754. ISSN 2007-0934.

The source of income is a critical variable. From the economic point of view, the decisions of the head of the family to stay or not in its production unit. Hence the objective: To evaluate the importance information 2010 of some socioeconomic variables, especially income in the decision of the head of marginalized family of Campeche, to stay or not in its production unit. Based on a model in which the producer wants to maximize their satisfaction, and this depends on income and rest, a model such as Logit, in which the dependent variable is (1) if the income obtained in the production unit develops it is greater than that obtained out, and (0) otherwise. They are considered as independent variables age, education, gender and family income. The results indicate that increased household income from marginal producer of the State of Campeche, is negatively correlated with the income earned within their production unit; however, the age of the household head positively acts.

Keywords : household head; income; marginal producers.

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