Farm couples and crisis politics: The importance of household, spouse, and gender in responding to economic decline

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 204-218

  Meyer, Katherine ^a   Lobao, Linda ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Farm households; Farm women; Gender; Household survival strategies; Political behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041106819     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353673     Document Type: Article

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