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EXECUTIVESUMMARY
Arandomsampleof700SCresidentswasinterviewedbetweenDecember1997andFebruary1998.Interviewswereconductedviatelephone,usingClemsonUniversity’sCATI(Computer-AssistedTelephoneInterview)laboratory.Thefociofthestudywereopinionsabouttheeffectandimportanceofanimalagriculture,andsupportforadditionalanimalagriculture.Theerrormarginforthisstudyis4%.
Thesurveyinstrumentwaspredicateduponareviewofliterature(seereferences),combinedwithseveralmeetingsoftheteammembers.RequestsforacopyofthissurveyinstrumentshouldbeaddressedtoDr.B.J.VanderMey.
Ingeneral,mostrespondentsweresupportive(73%)ofadditionalanimalagricultureintheircounties.Theylooktoanimalagriculturetosupportfarmers(especiallyfamilyfarms),toemployothersandtobringinotherbusinesses.Theyareconcernedaboutthepossibilityofodors,environmentalproblemsandflies.Themajority(57.7%)agreedthattougherenvironmentalregulationsforanimalagricultureareneeded,but71.6%thinkthatpeopleareworkingtoreducetheenvironmentalimpactsofanimalagriculture.Strongersupportforanimalagriculturewasfoundamongwhites,peoplewhohaven'
tbeenbotheredbyodors,thosewhothinkanimalagricultureiseconomicallyimportant,andthosewhoagreedwithpositivestatementsaboutanimalagricultureandpreservingthefamilyfarmandnegativestatementsaboutenvironmentalgroups.Fewagreedthatanimalagriculturewasarealnuisancebecauseofodor(22.3%)orthatanimalagriculturehadreducedtheirqualityoflife(12.0%).However,39.9%agreedthat"
animalagricultureraisesseriousethicalconcernsregardingthetreatmentofanimals.”
SamplingStrategy
Giventhefociofthesurvey,SouthCarolinacountieswereinverselyweightedbypopulation.Then,arandomselectionprocedurewasfollowed.Inthisway,countiesthataremorerural–thosemostlikelytobehometoanyadditionalanimalagriculture,wereslightlyoversampledinthisstudy.
CountiesRepresented
Thecountieswith35ormorerespondentsinthissurveywereAllendale,Barnwell,Calhoun,Chester,Darlington,Dillon,Edgefield,Florence,Greenwood,Jasper,Laurens,Lexington,Oconee,andOrangeburg.Thecountieswithlessthan35respondentswereAbbeville,Aiken,Beaufort,Cherokee,Clarendon,Fairfield,Hampton,Lee,Pickens,Richland,andSaluda.Thus,respondentsrepresented25ofthestate’s46counties.
TheRespondents
Figure1.CurrentandPastResidenceTypeofRespondents.
Figure2.EducationalAttainmentofRespondents.
Figure3.RaceofRespondents.
Figure4.SexofRespondents.
OtherCharacteristicsoftheSample
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77.1%oftherespondentswerenativeSouthCarolinians.
Ageofrespondentsrangedfrom18to91,withameanof46.42years.
Themajorityoftherespondents(63.8%)weremarriedatthetimeofthesurvey.
Overthree-fourths(77.7%)oftherespondentshadchildren.
Meanestimateofhowfarrespondentslivefromananimalagricultureoperation:
4.93
miles.
MeanestimateofhowmuchofSouthCarolina’seconomyisderivedfromfarming:
42.87%.
Slightlyunderone-fifthoftherespondents(17.3%)saidtheyweremembersofatleastonefarmingorenvironmentalgroup.Oftheserespondents,membershipincluded:
FarmGroups:
54.5%.
EnvironmentalGroups:
20.6%.
ChurchorReligious(didnotdifferentiatefarm/environmental):
19.8%
BriefDiscussionoftheSample.Aspreviouslyindicated,thesamplewasdrawninordertoensurethatthemoreruralcountieswereincluded,giventhepurposesofthestudy.AsnotedinFigure1,46%oftherespondentssaidthattheycurrentlyliveinasmalltown,and8.6%indicatedthattheyliveinalargetownorcity.TheCensusdefinitionofurbanpopulationincludes“…placesof2,500outsideUrbanizedareas.”(SouthCarolinaStatisticalAbstract’97,p.319).Thus,somesmalltownsinSouthCarolinaareurban.
Ifoneweretocombinetheresponses“LargeTown/City”and“SmallTown”toreclasstogetherasonevariable,“Urban,”thefigurewouldbe54.6%ofthesample.Ifoneweretocombinetheresponsesfor“Farm”and“RuralNonfarm”inthesurveytocreatethecategory“Rural,”thefigurewouldbe45.4%rural.AccordingtothemostrecentCensusreport,thepopulationinSouthCarolinais54.6%urbanand45.4%rural(SouthCarolinaStatisticalAbstract’97,p348).Thissurveyaccomplishedthegoalofensuringrepresentationofthestate’smoreruralcounties.Giventheerrormarginofthesurvey,itissafetosaythatboththemoreruralandthemoreurbanresidentswereadequatelyrepresentedinthissurvey.
Thatthereseemed
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