Sex Differences in Principal Farm Operators’ Tractor Driving Safety Beliefs and Behaviors

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• Personal Author:
  Browning SR ; Cole, Henry P. ; Piercy LR ; Struttmann TW ; Westneat SC
• Description:
  Objective: to examine the widely accepted hypothesis that farm women are more concerned with safety issues and behaviors than their male counterparts are. Methods: A telephone survey was administered to a random sample of Kentucky principal farm operators, 90 of whom were women. Participants were questioned about their tractor safety beliefs and practices. Results: No significant sex differences in tractor safety perceptions and behavior were observed. Conclusions: Socialization of women to the role of principal farm operator may override their typically greater sensitivity to safety issues, an important consideration when designing safety campaigns for this population. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Agriculture
  • Farmers
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Women
• Keywords:
  • Statistical-analysis
  • Control-equipment
  • Control-methods
  • Equipment-design
  • Equipment-reliability
  • Personal-protective-equipment
  • Protective-equipment
  • Tractors
  • Women
  • Safety-engineering
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• ISSN:
  0098-8421
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  93-95
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033515
• Citation:
  J Am Med Women's Assoc 2000 Mar; 55(2):93-95
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Women's Association
• End Date:
  20060831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189055/cdc_189055_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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