Affiliation:
1. PhD candidate, Institute for Rural and Regional Research , Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim , Norway
Abstract
Abstract
In this study, the aim was to advance the knowledge about mental health status in the Norwegian farming population. Based on the dimensions in the Job Demand and Control model (Karasek, 1979); work demands and control, and the importance of recognition and dignity (Andrew Sayer, 2011), the aim was to study the effects of work demands, sense of independence and valuation on mental health status among farmers. It included an assessment of how the sectorial level, the sectors of dairy production and vegetable- and potato production, explains farmers` mental health status. A postal survey was conducted in 2012 using a structured questionnaire, and I included farmers from two sectors in the Norwegian agriculture: dairy farming (n = 493) and vegetable and potato farming (n = 122). The analyses were carried out by multigroup structural equation modeling (SEM). This study concludes that low work demands in farming, strong sense of independence as a farmer, and farmers` perception of valuation associate with good mental health. The mental health status in dairy farmers and vegetable and potato farmers and the effects of work demands, sense of independence and valuation on mental health status, were equal across groups.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Geography, Planning and Development
Reference60 articles.
1. [1] Almås, R. (2004). Norwegian Agricultural History. Trondheim: Tapir Academic Publishers.
2. [2] Almås, R. & Brobakk, J. (2012). Norwegian dairy industry: A case of super-regulated cooperativism. In Almås, R. & Campbell, H., eds., Rethinking Agricultural Policy Regime. Food security, Climate Change and the Future Resilience of Global Agriculture (Volume 18, pp. 169–189). Bingley: Emerald.
3. [3] Aneshensel, C. S. (1992). Social Stress Theory and Research. Annual Review of Sociology, 18, 15–38. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.so.18.080192.000311.
4. [4] Barstad, A. & Løwe, T. (2009). Livskvalitet og sosial integrasjon i landbruket. In Levekår i landbruket 1995–2004: Livsformer og rammebetingelser i endring. Statistiske analyser 108/2009. Oslo: Statistic Norway.
5. [5] Bjørkhaug, H. (2006). Sustainable agriculture in the Norwegian farmers’ context. Exploring farming habitus and practice on the Norwegian Agricultural Field. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 2(4), 123–131. DOI: 10.18848/1832-2077/CGP/v.02i04/54241.
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献