Factors associated with the role of women in the financial aspect of rice production and distribution in two Philippine villages
| dc.contributor.author | Beena Pradhan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-27T01:13:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-27T01:13:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study analyzed the role of women in the financial aspect of rice production and distribution considering irrigated and rainfed Philippine rice farming villages. A total of 146 rural women were randomly selected and responded to an interview schedule. Women respondents were above 40 years and were generally older in irrigated area. The family size was six and five in irrigated and rainfed areas, respectively. There was relatively small farm size (2.05 hectares) and family income was only 62,655.00 pesos per annum which could not fully sustain family's farm and basic needs. In rainfed area, the economic situation was even worse. Moreover, while majority of the women in both areas did not have extended family to financially support, job opportunity outside farming to augment income was not also available. There is also low educational attainment, and training related to rice farming was wanting. Farming experience was, however, long enough, women were also members of different organizations in both areas. The rice distribution activities in both areas as well as in irrigated area only were always participated by the respondents as perceived by women themselves and as they perceived to be their husband's attitude, respectively. All the other participations on rice production and distribution were generally perceived to be sometimes allowed by their husbands and sometimes done by themselves. There are full agreement to the perceived rice production meaning primarily on the basic necessity, economic importance, and contribution to development reasons. However, there was only one distribution meaning that women fully agreed on "for market exchange". The nature of women's role in the financial aspect of rice production was mainly compulsory in both irrigated and rainfed areas. All financial activities in rice production were moderately performed by women except for borrowing money where it was rated to be fully performed in rainfed area. Furthermore, all rice distribution financial activities were moderately performed but distribution for food and market exchange purposes was noted to be fully performed by women. Nature of women's role was significantly associated with two variables, women's perceived meaning of rice production and her participation in production and distribution of rice in both areas. Moreover, in irrigated area, these two variables including membership in organization were also significantly associated to the nature of role. In irrigated area, level of actual role was related to non-farming job opportunity, membership in organization and wife's perception of her role in production and distribution. In rainfed area, significant associations were found in family income, non-farming job opportunity, wife's perception of husband's attitude toward her participation and women's own perception of her role in production and distribution. Finally, there was no significant difference in the nature as well as the level of actual role performed by women in the financial aspect of rice production and distribution in both areas in, irrigated and rainfed. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://granarium.clsu.edu.ph/handle/123456789/851 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.supervisor | ARTEMIA L. FERRER | |
| dc.title | Factors associated with the role of women in the financial aspect of rice production and distribution in two Philippine villages | |
| dc.type | Thesis |