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Abstract
The paper analyzes the volume and structure of self-supply in farmers’ households according to their
financial condition. To evaluate that condition a synthetic index was constructed using the classical TOPSIS
method. The basic source of information was the unpublished raw microdata on individual households
from the Household Budget Survey conducted by the Central Statistical Office in 2010. Conducted analysis
allowed to assert that among the households with the best financial condition, which represented 17.5% of
all farmers’ households, the average disposable income was more than three times higher than that of the
households with the worst financial condition, which represented 15% of the group. Moreover, it was observed
that better financial condition implies lower percentage of households that use self-supply.