What was rural life like in Britain in the 1980s?

After the 1980s, there was a surplus of agricultural products in Britain. The second sign is that the income of farmers has increased substantially, and the income level of middle-income farmers exceeds that of ordinary industrial workers in cities; The third sign is that the material living conditions in rural areas have improved significantly, and the secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas have developed rapidly, thus improving the backward historical outlook of rural areas and gradually approaching cities. Sociologists call this process "rural urbanization".

With the continuous improvement of agricultural modernization, the number of labor force used in agriculture is getting less and less. From 65438 to 0978, there were only 650,000 agricultural labor force in Britain. 199 1 year further decreased to 270,000, accounting for only 1.3% of the total labor force, and then stabilized. In the urban industrial structure, the tertiary industry has developed greatly since the 1940s, especially since the 1950s, and its development speed has surpassed that of the secondary industry, becoming the main field to absorb rural labor. Improvement of urban employment structure. The income level and living conditions of industrial workers have been greatly improved. With the change of the proportion of secondary and tertiary industries, urban environmental pollution has been gradually controlled. Urban industry is gradually infiltrating into rural areas, and the relationship between urban and rural areas is closer. After 1980s, the phenomenon of urban-rural integration appeared.

Life is closely related to the level of economic development, and there is no difference between rural life and urban life in Britain in the 1980s.