Sociology and Space, No. 2, 1963.
Original scientific paper
OLD AGE HOUSEHOLDS IN AGRICULTURE
Petar Marković
Abstract
In this paper an elaboration was given about tendencies and causes of the
continuous increase of old-age households in most agricultural areas of Yugoslavia.
In 1960 there were in Yugoslavia 67.223 agricultural households without any labour
power or 2,6% of the total number of agricultural households. As a matter of
fact, these households belonged to old-age peasants. According to some local investigations
the number of old-age peasants’ households has been continuously
increasing.
Main reasons for such a trend the author sees in rural exodus, especially of
young people from agricultural regions to schools and work in nonagricultural activities.
Also the number of younger labour power from agriculture taking part-time
or permanent employment out of agriculture has increased.
At the end author directs our attention to the problem of social insurance of
those persons in agriculture who are not able any more to earn their living by work
on their own. The author in connection with this discusses some alternatives, namely
the proposal for creation of the pension-funds for old and disabled peasants.
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121272
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Publication date:
13.11.1963.
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