Female Contribution To Agriculture

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Sanderson, Stephen K.Militarist, marxian, and non-marxian materialist theories of gender inequality: a cross-cultural...
Barry III, HerbertMultiple predictors of contributions by women to agriculture
Burton, Michael L.Sexual division of labor in agriculture

Associated Hypotheses (7)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Burton, Michael L.Population pressure (measured by population density) will be associated with increased male agricultural participation and decreased female agricultural participation (574).
Burton, Michael L.Seasonal time pressure--as indicated by number of dry months--will be associated with decreased female participation in agriculture (574).
Burton, Michael L.A high degree of dependence on domesticated animals will decrease female agricultural contributions.
Burton, Michael L.Production of cereal crops will be associated with decreased female contribution to agriculture (574).
Burton, Michael L.Dependence on tree crops will be associated with decreased female participation in agriculture (577).
Sanderson, Stephen K.Social stratification, class stratification, subsistence type, intensity of cultivation, use of plow, patrilineality, and patrilocality/virilocality will be positively associated with gender inequality, and female contribution to agriculture will be negatively associated with gender inequality (1427, 1438).
Barry III, Herbert"Contribution by women to agriculture is associated with several cultural customs rather than with a single dominant variable" (293).

Associated OCMs

  1. division of labor by gender