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:
  Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Control-equipment Control-methods Equipment-design Equipment-reliability Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-research Statistical-analysis Tractors

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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
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:20a0216d3b808f3e022258ff10ffb341a20d4eec44054f3782fcc3dfd4b0751996f959171b8f1b6365d65c862713c3497a57c140a6c87a59a072025eedc5c03a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189055/cdc_189055_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.10 MB ]