Challenges of gender equality in family farm ownership: the case of joint farm ownership by married couples in Austria

Family Farming in the Transition towards Sustainable Society / L’agriculture familiale dans la transition vers une société durable. Coordonnateurs : Pierre-Marie Bosc, Kae Sekine, Nora McKeon, Jean-Michel Sourisseau

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Table 2

Sample of interviewees in Upper and Lower Austria.

Échantillon de personnes interrogées en Haute et Basse Autriche.

No.	Interviewee	Year of birth		Year of marriage	Year of farm succession	Female successor	Successor's wife	Farm manager			Farm owner			Agricultural vocational qualification		Farm household status	Currently owned farmland	Agricultural management sector	Off-farm work (%)

		W	H					W	W	H	W	W	H	W	H				W	H
								H			H
1	Josefine	1970	1965	1990	1995	X			X		X			M		P	12 ha	Crops, Livestock		80
2	Gertraud	1972	1971	1992	1997	X		X			X			M	S	F	24 ha	Livestock, HA, FPS
3	Angelina	1973	1973	1998	2010	X		X			X			S	M	F	46 ha	Crops, Livestock	40
4	Susanne	1980	1980	2021	2011	X		X			X			S		P	8 ha	Livestock		100
5	Angelika	1989	1986	2014	2021	X		X			X			S		F	13.2 ha	Livestock, FPS
6	Angela	1973	1967	2002	1991/1999	X	X	X			X	X		S	M	P	11 ha/30 ha	Crops, FPS		60
7	Helga	1978	1975	2001	1997	X	X	X				X	X	S	M	F	26 ha/24 ha	Crops, Livestock, FPS
8	Verena	1966	1961	1985	1991		X	X			X			Ma		F	14 ha	Livestock, Ham	70
9	Eva	1968	1966	1989	1995		X	X			X			S		F	25 ha	Livestock
10	Katharina	1979	1978	2011	2015		X	X			X			S	S	P	14 ha	Viticulture, winemaking	20	70
11	Klara	1973	1968	1993	2002		X	X					X		S	F	47 ha	Crops, Direct marketing	70
12	Ursula	1973	1970	1995	1995		X	X					X		M	P	16 ha	Livestock	50
13	Julia	1974	1972	2001	1995		X	X					X		M	F	17 ha	Livestock, Direct marketing
14	Regina	1981	1972	2006	1999		X			X			X	S	S	F	14 ha	Livestock, Direct marketing	40

*Not marriage but partnership.

Abbreviations: Wife (W), Husband (H), Master (M), Skilled worker (S), Matura (Ma), Full-time farm household (F), Part-time farm household (P), Holiday apartment (HA), and Food processing & sales (FPS).

All interviewee names have been changed to pseudonyms.

Sources: Elaborated by the authors based on the interviews conducted from March to May 2022.

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