Journal Article The role of households in sustaining rural economies: a structural path analysis Get access Deborah Roberts Deborah Roberts University of Aberdeen Business School, Aberdeen, UK Corresponding author: Deborah Roberts, Arkleton Institute of Rural Development Research, University of Aberdeen Business School, Edward Wright Building, Aberdeen AB24 3QY, UK. Telephone: +44 (0) 1224 273690. Fax: +44 (0) 1224 27 2181. Email: deb.roberts@abdn.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 32, Issue 3, September 2005, Pages 393–420, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurrag/jbi014 Published: 01 September 2005