Gender in domestic and public affairs of the family in three agrosystems at district of Pangkep, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

This paper is based on the proposition that individual behavior is related to the ecological system in which they live. Depart from this proposition, this paper aims to analyze gender behavior of households in three different agrosystems namely highland, lowland and coastal agrosystems. The study conducted in Pangkajene Kepuluan District (Pangkep) where the three agrosystems can be found. For this purpose, Lanne Village of Tondong Tallasa Sub-District represents highland agrosystem; Kelurahan Mangngalekana Sub-district of Labakkang represents lowland agrosystem and Bawasalo Vilage of Sub-District Segeri as the representation of coastal agrosystem. The total respondent of the study are 220 households which consist of 55 respondents in highland agrosystem, 80 respondents in lowland agrosystem and 85 respondents in coastal agrosystem. Data were analyzed descriptively. The results of the study indicated that the role of wife and husband in the consumption, production and social activities vary in all three agrosystems. In public affairs such as government activities, community activities, and market activities, the involvement of husband and wife are not the same in the three agroecosystems studied. It was concluded that gender behavior both in the domestic and the public level is related to the agrosystem in which a family or household live.