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Influences Of Farming Background On Farm Women’S Employment Motivations, Alexis Swendener
Influences Of Farming Background On Farm Women’S Employment Motivations, Alexis Swendener
Department of Sociology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
An important change in the dynamics of family farming is the financial difficulties they have encountered and the resulting solution of sending a family member to earn a wage in off-farm employment. This study utilizes survey data from Washington family farm women to explore how they navigate their unique social context concerning the decision and reasons they choose to work off-farm. In particular, I examine whether women who grew upon a farm or have spent a large percentage of their lives on farms are more or less likely to work off-farm. An identity theory approach is utilized to hypothesize that …