The Labor of U.S. Farm Women
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociology of Work and Occupations
- Vol. 7 (3) , 261-290
- https://doi.org/10.1177/073088848000700301
Abstract
Census procedures may lead to serious undercounting of women's farm labor. This exploratory study of 27 farm women from Oklahoma, Vermont, and Colorado indicates substantial involvement in farm work, as well as in auxiliary economic enterprises. There is no clear relationship between involvement in farm work and farm decision-making; high enjoyment of the farm way of life and a suggestion that rural and urban values differ sufficiently to make interpretation of the farm-based division of labor between spouses difficult.Keywords
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