Sexual Division of Labor in Agriculture

Michael L. Burton · Dougľas R. White

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Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender and Feminist Studies Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis

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Female agricultural contributions decline with agricultural intensification. We formulate and test a theory of the processes of agricultural intensification that explains a high proportion of the variance in female contributions to agriculture. Five variables show replicable effects across two or more regions of the world. These are number of dry months, importance of domesticated animals to subsistence, use of the plow, crop type, and population density. Of these, the first two are the most powerful predictors of female agricultural contributions, while population density has only very weak effects. MICHAEL L. BURTON is Professor of Anthropology. School of Social Sciences. University of California. Irvine. CA 92717. DOUGLAS R. WHITE is Professor of Anthropology. School of Social Sciences. University of California. Irvine.

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