Women on Finnish dairy farms: Hard work in the midst of traditions and changes

Rural Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-89

  Kallioniemi, Marja K ^a   Kymäläinen, Hanna Riitta ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dairy farm; Finland; Women; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873138184     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.2012.22.1.78     Document Type: Article

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