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Farm women as full-time partners

The farm and home decision and task responsibilities of husbands and wives for two groups are examined: (1) five hundred ninety-two married male respondents who are husbands in traditional farm families including those with children under twenty-one and wives who work off the farm; and (2) forty ma...

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Main Author: Rappaport, Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1995
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100 |a Rappaport, Allen 
245 |a Farm women as full-time partners  |c Some evidence of sharing traditional gender-based tasks / R 
260 |c 1995 
300 |a 55 - 63 
520 |a The farm and home decision and task responsibilities of husbands and wives for two groups are examined: (1) five hundred ninety-two married male respondents who are husbands in traditional farm families including those with children under twenty-one and wives who work off the farm; and (2) forty married male respondents who consider their wives full-time partners, who indicate that their wives work equally hard on the farm, have no children under twenty-one at home, and do not have off-the-farm employment. For the 592-respondent group, the traditional gender-based division of farm and home decisions and tasks applied. For the full-time partners group, men continued to perform the traditional farm tasks, while wives shared to a greater extent in but did not have sole responsibility for farm decisions or tasks. The forty male respondents reported crossing over and sharing domestic tasks. 
773 |a Family Business Review  |d Mar 
999 |c 43513  |d 43513