Table 1 Sample characteristics
| Â | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Response format | ||
 Paper | 13,575 | 89 |
 Online | 1721 | 11 |
 Total | 15,296 | 100 |
Response language | ||
 English | 15,217 | 99.5 |
 Welsh | 79 | 0.5 |
 Total | 15,296 | 100 |
Respondent type | ||
 Sole/primary farmer | 7500 | 49 |
 Farming member of farm household | 5084 | 34 |
 Non-farming member of farm household | 716 | 5.6 |
 Farm employee (director/manager) | 849 | 5.6 |
 Farm employee (other worker) | 224 | 1.5 |
 Farm contractor | 139 | 0.9 |
 Retired or semi-retired | 223 | 1.5 |
 Other | 436 | 2.9 |
 Total | 15,171 | 100 |
Respondent gender | ||
 Male | 11,513 | 76 |
 Female | 3487 | 23 |
 Other | 12 | 0.1 |
 Prefer not to say | 72 | 0.5 |
 Total | 15,084 | 100 |
Respondent age | ||
 18-24 | 348 | 2.4 |
 25-34 | 704 | 4.8 |
 35-44 | 1044 | 7.1 |
 45-54 | 2237 | 15 |
 55-64 | 4405 | 30 |
 65-74 | 3776 | 26 |
 75+ | 2212 | 15 |
 Total | 14,726 | 100 |
Farm type | ||
 Mixed | 4569 | 30 |
 Lowland Grazing Livestock | 2640 | 17 |
 LFA (e.g. upland) Grazing Livestock | 2245 | 15 |
 Cereals | 1812 | 12 |
 Dairy | 1774 | 12 |
 General Cropping | 1001 | 6.6 |
 Horticulture | 400 | 2.6 |
 Specialist Poultry | 155 | 1.0 |
 Specialist Pigs | 87 | 0.6 |
 Other | 486 | 3.2 |
 Total | 15,169 | 100 |
Farm size | ||
 Less than 20 ha (ha) | 1191 | 8.0 |
 20-49 ha | 2194 | 15 |
 50-99 ha | 2992 | 20 |
 100-199 ha | 3797 | 26 |
 200-499 ha | 3254 | 22 |
 500 ha+ | 1441 | 9.7 |
 Total | 14,869 | 100 |
Farm tenure | ||
 Wholly/mostly owned | 10,312 | 68 |
 Wholly/mostly rented | 2711 | 18 |
 Mixed tenure | 1949 | 13 |
 N/A | 133 | 0.9 |
 Total | 15,105 | 100 |
Home region | ||
 East Midlands | 1452 | 9.9 |
 Eastern | 1652 | 11 |
 North East | 540 | 3.7 |
 North West & Merseyside | 1437 | 9.8 |
 South East (incl. London) | 1486 | 10 |
 South West | 2872 | 20 |
 Wales | 1853 | 13 |
 West Midlands | 1507 | 10 |
 Yorkshire & Humber | 1604 | 11 |
 Other | 228 | 1.6 |
 Total | 14,631 | 100 |