Rural Women's Independence and Rural Network

以下是本研究项目在日本山形县正乃地区实地考察的结果。由于农业机械化和“减少水田政策”，妇女在农业家庭中的作用和地位结构发生了革命。变化的一面：1。继承者妻子的劳动由于其非农业工作的工资而受到高度重视。每个家庭成员负责的每一项工作，对他来说既要负责农业工作，也要负责家务。他能按自己的意愿做决定。与农业经营成本不同的是，家庭主妇能够管理生活成本，而不是家长。不变的两面：1。茎家庭成员曾经在农场家庭中从事分工。农业家庭经济一直是家庭的主要预算来源。即使是现在，我们也可以把今天的日本农户定义为“IE”（传统的日本家庭农场）。

The following is the result of this research project based on fieldwork in Shonai region, Ymagata Prefecture in Japan. There is a revolution in the structure of women's role and position in farm family as a result of farm mechanization and " the policy for reducing paddy field".The sides of changing :1. The labour of successor's wife is set high valued as a result of her nonagricultural jobs' wages.2. Each allotment of work in charge of each family member is responsiblity to him both agriculture work and household work. He can make decisions of his own will.3. Not patriarch but housewife can manage the cost of living differentiated from the cost of agriculture management.The sides of nochanging :1. Members of stem family have ever been engaged in the division of work in farm household.A main family budget have ever been in farm household economy.2. We can define today's Japanese farm household as " IE" (traditional type of Japanese family farm) even now.