Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development (농촌지도와개발)

Korean Society of Agricultural Extension (한국농촌지도학회)
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A Longitudinal Analysis on Farm and House Work of Farm Couples;1964-2005

농업인 부부의 노동시간 구조 변화;1964-2005

  • Choi, Yoon-Ji (Rural Resources Development Institute, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Gim, Gyung-Mee (Rural Resources Development Institute, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Young (Rural Resources Development Institute, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kang, Kyung-Ha (Rural Resources Development Institute, Rural Development Administration)
  • 최윤지 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 김경미 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 이진영 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 강경하 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소)
  • Published : 2006.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study were to analyze the agricultural work and household work of farm couples. Time use survey are vital towards understanding social obligations and also an important input policy analysis. Rural farm work divided into the peak and the off-peak farming seasons was analysed to study the allocation of daily time use among farm couples. The major results are as follow: Farm work time is longer in the peak than in the off-peak. Especially, women farmer's farming work time in the off-peak is still longer than man farmer's that. The gender difference in total work time in this study shows that the women farmers work more. During both seasons, the time allocation of the women farmer were unbalanced because of the differences in the level of workload by gender.

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