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Peer reviewedFink, Virginia S. – Journal of Rural Studies, 1991
Interviews with 19 Ohio farm wives examined role and task changes since 1910 related to technological innovation, broader economic restructuring, and patriarchal rules about family division of labor. As family farms integrate into the male-dominated world of agribusiness, women's work is becoming less visible and less valued. (SV)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Role Perception, Rural Farm Residents, Sex Bias
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1990
This study examined the characteristics of dislocated workers' wage profiles upon reemployment. In particular, it related these profiles to the model developed by Mincer and Ofek (1982). An inference from this model was that workers recovered wage losses relatively rapidly. Explanations for a steeply sloped reentry wage profile were as follows:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Change, Career Education, Dislocated Workers
Download full textYang, Shu-O W. – 1977
The study examined whether significant rural-urban differences still persisted in selected factors affecting a community's fertility level. The factors selected were education, occupational class, income, and the participation of women in the labor force. Tested was the hypothesis that the educational development, occupational class, economic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Rate, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status
Equity Issues, 1998
During fiscal year 1998, 7 of Ohio's 12 school-to-work regions conducted a needs assessment on equity issues within their regions. The survey instruments were completed by 6,173 students in grades 9-12 (3,316 girls and 2,857 boys). The survey focused on the economics of gender and work, nontraditional careers, and gender and career choices. Only…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Employment Level
Ohio State Dept. of Aging, Columbus. – 1989
A shortage of home care paraprofessionals in Ohio is causing concern about the quality and continuity of care. Worker turnover is high, ranging from 30-70 percent. Most paraprofessionals share several traits: middle-aged women; single, with dependents; sole breadwinners in their households; wage earners of less than $11,000 per year; part-time…
Descriptors: Burnout, Caregivers, Certification, Employed Women
Rhodes, Gregory L.; Real, Mark – 1985
This report provides the first complete inventory ever done in Ohio of children who need day care and where they live, the first complete summary of existing day care services, and the first comparison of day care policies in Ohio with those in every other state. Previously unpublished census data were used to identify the number of children in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Certification, Child Abuse
