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Citation

Marcum JL, Browning SR, Reed DB, Charnigo RJ. J. Agromed. 2011; 16(3): 163-173.

Affiliation

a Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health , University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1059924X.2011.581529

PMID

21728868

Abstract

The average age of United States farmers has been increasing for 20 years. The objective is to examine the factors associated with hours worked among farmers age 50 and older. A cohort of Kentucky and South Carolina farmers (nā€‰=ā€‰1394) over age 50 were surveyed annually during 2002-2005. Of those that reported any farm work, males worked 24 mean hours/week and females worked 14 mean hours/week. Greater satisfaction and more experience farming, increased acreage, and presence of animals significantly increased estimated hours farmed, whereas chronic health problems, although prevalent, had a minor role in determining work hours.


Language: en

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