Household employment of potato farmers with allocation of working time and gender theory

Abstract

Potato farming is affected by the amount of time which the farmers spend. The more labors spend the time, the more potato agricultural production. Potato farmers both male and female spend their time to potato farming together, but gender inequality often occurs between male and female farmers, so a research is needed on male and female potato farmers. The aims of this study are: 1) to analyze the factors that influence the outpouring of farmer household work, 2) to compare the difference in wages between male and female farmers. The Karangreja Sub-District’s Kutabawa Village and Serang Village served as the research sites. There is a quantitative descriptive used in the research approach. Document analysis, questionnaires, observations, and interviews are the methods used in the research to acquire data. The t test and multiple linear regression analysis were employed in the data analysis. Types of sample selection using purposive sampling. The results of the study show that: 1) the factors that influence male’s work outpouring are land area, farming experience and family responsibilities, while female’s work outpouring is influenced by age. 2) there is a difference in wages between male and female farmers in potato households in Karangreja Sub- District, Purbalingga Regency.