The survey on the Korean women farmers was conducted every 5 years from 2003 based on Article 8 of the Support of Female Farmers and Fishermen Act enacted in 2001. This survey of 2013 is the third survey.
The three purposes of this survey for basic data for establishing women farmers policy are as follows. First, the survey divides women farmers into farmers younger than 65 years, farmers 65 years and older, and immigrant women of multicultural families, investigates each group to provide data for understanding women farmers’ quality of life objectively and fostering female farm managers, and finds demand for women farmers policy. Second, this survey evaluates women farmers’ quality of life by analyzing their satisfaction with farming and rural life and their difficulties in terms of education, medical care, and welfare. Third, the survey finds demand for policy from each group of similar age, farm size, and periods of unoccupied farming season to develop policies for women farmers’ roles.
The survey’s main contents are as follows.
First, we surveyed farms’ general features including personal features like age, household types, assets, and farms’ features like farm size, main items, and annual sales of agricultural products.
Second, on women farmers’ economic and social activities, we surveyed their farming experience and status; their farm work, contribution to income, and income distribution; their secondary and tertiary income activities of farming and intention to do the activities; their awareness of agriculture and social activities; and their community activities and intention.
Third, as for education and welfare, the survey included education experience and contents; demand for training and areas for improvement; the current situation of medical services, care, and safety; women farmers’ situations of taking out and receiving pensions; and cultural activities.
Fourth, on women farmers’ intention and demand for policy, we surveyed their intention to continue farming and live in rural villages; their difficulties in farming and rural lives; their urgent problems; and their awareness and use of women farmers policy.
Fifth, the survey on women farmers 65 years and older and immigrant women in rural areas added questions on economic and emotional support and various living situations to questions for women farmers younger than 65 years.


Researchers: Jeong, Eun-Mee
Research period: 2013. 7. ~ 2014. 1.
E-mail address: jeongem@krei.re.kr