Farm and Off‐farm Work and Life Satisfaction Among Norwegian Farm Women

Haugen, Marit S.; Blekesaune, Arild

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9523.2005.00291.x

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“…This most probably leads to higher satisfaction, as their labour situation is the result of their own preferences. The same holds true for the women who deliberately choose to work on the farm (Haugen and Blekesaune 2005). The female respondents in this study working off the farm belong to the group that deliberately chooses to do so.…”

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‘I'm Sad To Be Glad’. An Analysis of Farmers’ Pride in Flanders

Dessein¹,

Nevens²

2007

Sociologia Ruralis

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It is widely acknowledged that agriculture in Europe is going through a process of great change at the economic, social, political, and environmental, as well as the cultural, level. Pride may be considered as the fit between the farmers' identity (and hence their expectations and aspirations) and the daily reality of being a farmer in this constantly changing environment. Based on qualitative interviews with farmers in three Flemish villages and grounded theory analysis including coding and scoring the interviews, the research described here unravels the complex notion of pride into 24 concepts combined under individual, social and external categories. The semi-quantitative analysis of the interviews clarifies the positive or negative impact of these concepts on the farmers' pride. The positive impact is derived from the concepts that the farmers can control themselves. On the other hand, external concepts that are beyond the control of the farmers influence their pride in a clearly negative way, while the concepts in the social category are less influential. The data show some remarkable differences between men and women.

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‘I'm Sad To Be Glad’. An Analysis of Farmers’ Pride in Flanders

Dessein¹,

Nevens²

2007

Sociologia Ruralis

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“…Many women need to be at home in the morning or afternoon, of both, for caring or domestic responsibilities. Mothers especially tend to organise their paid work around these responsibilities, either in order to solve childcare problems or fulfil their commitments (Stone 1990; Braithwaite 1994; Halliday 1997; Little 1997; Bennett 2004; Bock 2004; Dobbs 2005; Haugen and Blekesaune 2005).…”

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Are Rural Women Mobility Deprived? – A Case Study from Scotland

Noack¹

2010

Sociologia Ruralis

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Women are often considered mobility deprived, which has an impact on their quality of life. Based on empirical research in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, this article examines rural women's mobility opportunities, their travel behaviour and the access they have to important activities. Their respective experiences are explored using in-depth interviews. The case studies reveal remarkable progress in terms of women's access to transport resources. However, even though women's mobility opportunities are improving, many rural women are not in a situation where they can widen their activity spaces. Lack of time is a major obstacle preventing many women from participating in social and economic activities. Women's travel patterns and their participation in activities evidently derive from gender roles that remain traditional. The allocation of domestic and caring responsibilities to women entails meeting specific needs and wants. These should be taken into account in future rural policy.s oru_527 79..97

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“…It has recently been shown that combining on‐farm and off‐farm occupations decreases household income compared to specialized strategies (Mittenzwei and Mann forthcoming), another sign that diversification has disadvantages in terms of efficiency. For farmwomen, however, Haugen and Blekesaune () have shown that off‐farm occupations can increase life satisfaction.…”

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Diversification and Work Satisfaction: Testing a Claim by Marx and Engels for Farmers

Mann

Besser

2016

Rural Sociology

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In conventional economics, a great deal of energy has been devoted to empirical validation of the benefits of specialization in terms of efficiency, in fields including the agricultural sector. Marx and Engels's claim that the diversification of working lives would increase work satisfaction has gained attention among social scientists but has never been verified for the agricultural sector, despite a growing body of literature on the determinants of work satisfaction. Based on a survey of Swiss and northeast German farmers, this study shows that farm diversification significantly increases work satisfaction. This applies both to the lines of agricultural production pursued on a farm and to the farm's nonagricultural activities.

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Farm and Off‐farm Work and Life Satisfaction Among Norwegian Farm Women

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

‘I'm Sad To Be Glad’. An Analysis of Farmers’ Pride in Flanders

‘I'm Sad To Be Glad’. An Analysis of Farmers’ Pride in Flanders

Are Rural Women Mobility Deprived? – A Case Study from Scotland

Diversification and Work Satisfaction: Testing a Claim by Marx and Engels for Farmers

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