Factors associated with rice farming employment in two municipalities of Nueva Ecija, Philippines
| dc.contributor.author | Md. Mustafizur Rahman | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-28T05:58:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-28T05:58:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was undertaken to investigate some personal and economic factors associated with family, hired, and total labor employment per farm in rice farming in the municipalities of Munoz and Guimba in the province of Nueva Ecija. The main purpose was to identify variables which are significantly associated with family labor, hired, and total labor employed per farm. It also aimed to find differences that may exist within municipality and between the two municipalities. The analysis was based on primary data collected through personal interviews with 200 farmer-respondents equally representing the two municipalities studied. The relationship between dependent and independent variables were determined by means of regression coefficients. Ordinary least-square regression was used to estimate the employment parameters in the total labor model. Family and hired labor were estimated by two-stage least squares (2 SLS). The functional form of the equation was assumed to be arithmetically linear. The study found that the differences of irrigation facility differentiated the input status of farmers in the production process and consequently the employment opportunity and pattern between these two municipalities. The municipality of Munoz had more employment in rice farming and had more irrigation facility than the municipality of Guimba. Regression analysis showed that the farms which increased their production inputs tended to increase the amount of labor (hird labor in particular) employed per farm. These production inputs were irrigation, seed, fertilizer, and insecticide. Other variables were either partially significant or not significant with family, hired, and total labor employment per farm. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://granarium.clsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/885 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.supervisor | ANSELMO D. LUPDAG | |
| dc.title | Factors associated with rice farming employment in two municipalities of Nueva Ecija, Philippines | |
| dc.type | Thesis |