The Changing and Unchanging Status of Rural Women in the Workplace

1 June 1986

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Affilia

Vol. 1 (2) , 20-29
https://doi.org/10.1177/088610998600100203

Abstract

Rural women entered the workforce in record numbers during the 1970s. However, they remained concentrated in the low-wage sectors of the rural economy. This article examines the prevalence of low-wage employment among rural women and its effects on the feminization of rural poverty.

Keywords

RURAL WOMEN
UNCHANGING STATUS
LOW WAGE
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL ECONOMY
ARTICLE EXAMINES
WAGE SECTORS
WOMEN ENTERED
WORKPLACE RURAL
REMAINED CONCENTRATED

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