Survey of Local Growth Issues (RCED-00-272, September 2000)

		In 1997, the Congress lowered federal estate taxes. Since 1997, how have federal estate taxes encouraged or discouraged families in your community that want to keep farms they inherited?									Number of Cases
		No farmland	Greatly encouraged	Somewhat encouraged	No impact	Somewhat discouraged	Greatly discouraged	Uncertain	Other	No answer
Counties	Total	7.9	2.6	18.1	16.7	2.1	2.3	48.8	0.3	1.1	609
	Rural	4.8	2.4	23.0	19.4	2.4	1.8	44.2	0.6	1.2	165
	Nonrural	9.0	2.7	16.2	15.8	2.0	2.5	50.5	0.2	1.1	444
	Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Noncentral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cities	Total	59.0	0.6	2.1	10.6	0.2	0.9	25.4	0.2	0.8	949
	Rural	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Nonrural	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Central	53.4	0.5	2.2	9.4	0.2	1.0	32.1	0.2	1.0	414
	Noncentral	63.4	0.7	2.1	11.6	0.2	0.9	20.2	0.2	0.7	535

Note: The percentages in each row add to 100.

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