Domains of subjective well-being in farm men and women

Wozniak, Patricia; Draughn, Peggy S.; Knaub, Patricia Kain

doi:10.1007/bf01013800

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“…Based on an earlier study of Alabama male farmers, Coughenour and Swanson (1992) found that total family income, age, and education were significant determinants of life satisfaction for Kentucky farmers. From a study of farm residents, Wozniak, Draughn, and Knaub (1993) concluded that off-farm employment alters the relative importance of some domains of life satisfaction, and that these effects are mediated by gender. Godwin, Draughn, Little, and Marlowe (1991) found that when the wives of farm families were employed outside the home they were less satisfied with their marital relationships, and their husbands The review of literature in this study emphasizes reported lower levels of life satisfaction compared with farm families with wives who worked at home.…”

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Determinants of the Quality of Life of Rural Families

Garrison¹

1998

The Journal of Rural Health

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Drawing from human ecology theory, the purpose of this study was to examine socioeconomic-demographic determinants of the quality of life of rural families. In the study, computer-aided telephone interviewing via random digit dialing procedures were used to collect data in the spring of 1996. The participants included 510 rural (both farm and nonfarm) respondents. Quality of life was measured by five subscales: finances; home, family, and friends; household; community; and environment. The results of the regression analyses indicated that the independent variables--gender, race, marital status, employment status, residence, age, family income, and household size, differentially affected the quality of life subscales. Among the independent variables, household size--not a commonly used determinant in quality of life studies--was the most important predictor of subjective well-being. The findings of this study lend support for the dimensional, rather than global, measurement of subjective well-being.

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confidence: 99%