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A Theoretical Approach to the Empirical Study of Old Agricultural Households in Yugoslav Rural Districts
Vojislav Đurić
Sažetak
The emergence of old agricultural households is connected with the rapid
social transformations taking place in the contemporary urban industrial civilization.
In this country they have emerged only recently and thus no serious scientific
studies on this phenomenon are yet available. In this article the author describes
a concept of notions and hypotheses for the empirical study of old agricultural
households in Yugoslavia.
Starting from the sociological meaning of the term »old age« and the notion
»agricultural household«, the author suggests the following definition of »old agricultural
household« in contemporary Yugoslav conditions: an old agricultural
household is a group of persons (women of 45, and men of 50 or more) who live
in a common household in a rural district and earn their living either from tending
their own farms or from various transactions with their own property, and who
also jointly spend their earnings. This definition means that these households (a)
possess no labour below 45 or 50 years of age, (b) may also be single, and (c)
live exclusively for agricultural activity (includingg the sale of their property).
The author analyses the possible causes of the emergence of old agricultural
households such (a) decreasing birth rate in rural districts; (b) increasing average
length of life of the rural population; (c) the atomization of rural families; (d)
social differentiation of rural families and households; and (e) changes in socio-
-cultural values in rural areas.
In conclusion the author calls for an investigation of the following aspects
of the social position of old households: (a) agricultural basis and activity; (b)
family life; (c) social life.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119638
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Datum izdavanja:
8.12.1972.
Posjeta: 696 *