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2005
Volume 8
Issue 4
Topic:
Economics
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Zwierzyk J. 2005. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS INFLUENCING LIVES OF HPI PROJECTS’ PARTICIPANTS’ IN POLAND, WITH EMPHASIS ON ROLES OF A MAN AND A WOMAN, EJPAU 8(4), #68.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue4/abs-68.html

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS INFLUENCING LIVES OF HPI PROJECTS’ PARTICIPANTS’ IN POLAND, WITH EMPHASIS ON ROLES OF A MAN AND A WOMAN

Justyna Zwierzyk
Department of Organisation and Consumption Economics, Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland

 

ABSTRACT



The research was conducted for the Heifer Project International (HPI) Foundation – a non-government organization that supports development of small family farms. From August till October 2004 participants of twelve HPI projects from seven provinces filled in the questionnaire, which aimed at getting to know women’s and men’s situation as far as family and professional duties are concerned, and also when it comes to their involvement in social activities.

Key words: household, homestead, country, rural family, work division.


Justyna Zwierzyk
Department of Organisation and Consumption Economics,
Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland
Nowoursynowska 159C, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
email: justinaz@op.pl

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