Table 1 Aggregate Preferences for Each Scenario
Scenario% Happier with A% Would Choose AImplied Aggregate Preferencep-Value (% Happier A=% Choose A)n
1. Environment (A) vs. pecuniary benefits (B)5244Ambiguous<0.00005*344
2. Pecuniary benefits (A) vs. social and lifestyle (B)4551Ambiguous0.0011*335
3. Pecuniary benefits (A) vs. farm labor (B)4448B is weakly preferred0.0045*335
4. Social and lifestyle (A) vs. farm labor (B)6362A is preferred0.3465338
5. Environment (A) vs. social and lifestyle (B)3132B is preferred0.6509807
6. Environment (A) vs. farm labor (B)5858A is preferred0.5997810

Note: The first two columns show aggregate proportions preferring option A for the happiness and choice questions. Column (3) shows which option for each scenario was preferred on average for both happiness and choice (i.e., between subjects). A weak preference relation is applied to scenario 3, where the aggregate split between options A and B was not found to be significantly different from 50/50 at the 5% level. Responses for scenarios 1–4 were collected from the first survey in 2019, and responses for scenarios 5 and 6 were collected from the second survey conducted in 2020.

  • * p < 0.05 for the null that the proportion happier with option A = the proportion that would choose option A.