Supports several of Frances Hill's positions on research about farm women (RC 504 387). States that regarding farm and family as separate dynamic systems whose integration varies in differing situations provides a context for evaluating impacts on farm and family. Available from: Rural Sociological Society, 325 Morgan Hall, University of…

This study investigated the effect across the family life cycle of previously identified influences on the marital adjustment of 492 married couples from six states. Although gender income level were not significant factors, educational level and employment of wives were. (JOW)

This study used the human capital theory to determine variables that predict debt/asset ratio by analyzing 489 farm families. Total family income was found to have a curvilinear relationship with debt/asset ratio. (Author/JOW)

Farm wives' preferences for use of time in household and farm tasks, their actual time in these tasks, and their external employment status were investigated. Most were satisfied with the amount of time they were spending on the tasks. (JOW)

The employment of one farm spouse is positively related to the off-farm employment of the other spouse. Wives' off-farm employment is most closely related to their personal characteristics, whereas husbands' decisions are best predicted by a combination of farm, family, and personal characteristics. (Author)

Life-style satisfaction was examined in a seven-state survey investigating the effects of off-farm employment on farm families. Results suggest that employment of the farm wife in an off-farm job has a different impact on men and women. Women's off-farm employment appears to affect women's life-style satisfaction more than men's. (Author/JOW)

A random sample of 323 midwestern farm couples responded to a questionnaire designed to measure various aspects of family functioning, including life-style satisfaction and marital adjustment, as well as perceptions of stress and coping strategies. In general, couples reported high satisfaction with their life-style; however, stress was a…

Findings from this study of 527 farm couples suggest that women's off-farm employment might be in competition with traditional farm values and thus might hinder high-quality marital relationships in farm couples. (Author)

The purposes of this study were to explore the multiplicity of farm women's roles and to determine whether a particular role complex is related to life-style satisfaction. The role load of farm wives appeared to reduce life-style satisfaction. Marital happiness is independent of all variables. (JOW)

Describes the experiences of one farm family over an eight year period: loss of a farm, move to another distant farm, and accidental death of a family member. Discusses multigenerational expectations, feelings of failure, threats to self-esteem, locus of control conflicts, effects of grief and vulnerability, and coping resources. (SV)

The scope, development, and implementation of a seven-state study on the impact of farm wives' employment on family functioning and economic productivity are described. The procedures used in questionnaire development, sampling, and data collection are reported, along with information on item and unit nonresponse. All the articles in this special…

Introduces research which attempted to determine if black Arkansas hill people could reasonably be referred to as hillbillies in the sense that isolated rural white mountain dwellers are so referred, finding that the few black mountaineers left are not hillbillies in the sense indicated of whites. (Author/JM)

Researchers studying farm women must ask if successful integration of family and farm systems in the late 20th century involves feminism and, if so, what form of feminism. Available from: Rural Sociological Society, 325 Morgan Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916. (NEC)

Describes transitions that farm families and students face and a strategy for school counselors when a student's problem is understood to be related to the family's transition as a result of the agriculture crisis. Summarizes transitions for adults and views students' school problems as behavioral metaphors for their parents' problems. (NB)

Suggests research agenda to analyze the class struggle occurring with farm women. Views the household as the unit of analysis, both internally from a farming-systems perspective and externally as responding to shifts in policy and technology. Available from: Rural Sociological Society, 325 Morgan Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916.…