Women at Work: Innkeeping in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1790–1840

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Popular Fiction ◽  
Travel Patterns ◽  
Economic Diversity

Between 1790 and 1840 Scotland's Highlands and Islands saw a rise in the number of travellers due to transportation changes, war on the Continent, and popular fiction. Consequently, the number of inns increased in response to this shift in local travel patterns and influx of visitors. By examining where the growth in inns happened, who managed them, and what services were offered, this article argues that the Highlands and Islands economy was both complex and commercial. It establishes that rural women were innkeepers of multifaceted hospitality operations responding to market demands and enabling economic diversity in their communities, the result of which was the hospitality infrastructure for tourism.

scholarly journals Travel Patterns of Women Giving Birth in the Southern District Health Board

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Pauline Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Complex Care ◽  
Travel Patterns ◽  
District Health ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Birth Place ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Care Facilities

<p>The objective of this mixed method piece of descriptive research is to analyse travel patterns of New Zealand women relating to their selected place of birth, focusing on residents of the Southern District Health Board. It also explores the motivations of a sample of women in this area regarding their birth place choices.   Data extracted from Southern District Health Board 2013 electronic records, were analysed using geographic information system software. Spatial modelling was also conducted using this dataset. The second part of the study involved a questionnaire issued to women in Southern District Health Board maternity facilities during a three month period in 2014.   In the analysis of 2013 data that women appeared to be by-passing smaller primary maternity units in preference for larger complex care facilities. Spatial modelling examined some possible geographic reasons for this and improved service placement was also modelled based on 2013 demand. Survey results were congruent with other similar research, in that the main reasons for women choosing birth place were a combination of seeking out a safe place whilst remaining as close to home as possible. These priorities caused a tension of distance for rural women. There was no significant statistical variance in the responses between demographic groups.  Women are prioritising safety when they choose their birth place. In a large sparsely-populated District Health Board like Southern, this results in some women making long journeys to their chosen birth place as they select complex care facilities over closer primary maternity units or home.</p>

scholarly journals Travel Patterns of Women Giving Birth in the Southern District Health Board

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Pauline Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Spatial Modelling ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Complex Care ◽  
Travel Patterns ◽  
District Health ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Birth Place ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Care Facilities

<p>The objective of this mixed method piece of descriptive research is to analyse travel patterns of New Zealand women relating to their selected place of birth, focusing on residents of the Southern District Health Board. It also explores the motivations of a sample of women in this area regarding their birth place choices.   Data extracted from Southern District Health Board 2013 electronic records, were analysed using geographic information system software. Spatial modelling was also conducted using this dataset. The second part of the study involved a questionnaire issued to women in Southern District Health Board maternity facilities during a three month period in 2014.   In the analysis of 2013 data that women appeared to be by-passing smaller primary maternity units in preference for larger complex care facilities. Spatial modelling examined some possible geographic reasons for this and improved service placement was also modelled based on 2013 demand. Survey results were congruent with other similar research, in that the main reasons for women choosing birth place were a combination of seeking out a safe place whilst remaining as close to home as possible. These priorities caused a tension of distance for rural women. There was no significant statistical variance in the responses between demographic groups.  Women are prioritising safety when they choose their birth place. In a large sparsely-populated District Health Board like Southern, this results in some women making long journeys to their chosen birth place as they select complex care facilities over closer primary maternity units or home.</p>

African Farms and Farmers

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-31
Author(s):  
Gordon Conway ◽  
Ousmane Badiane ◽  
Katrin Glatzel
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Economic Diversity ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Smallholder Farm ◽  
African Populations ◽  
Political Boundaries ◽  
Disadvantaged People

This chapter describes how African farmers manage to overcome the constraints impeding them, both natural and those caused by cultural and economic diversity and by political boundaries. It reveals that over 80 percent of African farmers are smallholders, and in many respects they are highly efficient. At the same time, medium-scale farms, those between five and one hundred hectares, account for a rising share of total farmland. Nevertheless, African populations are growing extremely fast, and in many countries smallholder farm sizes are shrinking and land is becoming more intensively and extensively cultivated, leading to further degradation. The chapter indicates that the way forward lies in farmers developing resilient livelihoods that encompass sources of income off farm. Diversity in the livelihood includes rural women, young people, and other disadvantaged people, all of whom need to integrate with agricultural and agribusiness value chains.

The risk factors of health formation in urban and rural women

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Polunina V. V. ◽  
◽  
Mustafina G. T. ◽  
Sharafutdinova N. Kh. ◽  
Latypov A. B. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Rural Women

Serum copper in rural women taking combined oral contraceptive

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Akhter ◽  
AK Shamsuzzaman ◽  
M Banarjee ◽  
SA Seema ◽  
K Deb
Keyword(s):  
Oral Contraceptive ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Serum Copper ◽  
Combined Oral Contraceptive

Freshwater Mussel (Batissa violacea) Fishery and its Value in Fiji

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimaima Lako ◽  
Nanise Kuridrani ◽  
Milika Sobey
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Freshwater Mussel ◽  
Face To Face

This paper examines the local freshwater mussel, or kai (Batissa violacea), fishery value chain, its values and contribution to the livelihood of people in Viti Levu, Fiji. The assessment was performed through face-to-face interviews, with the use of semi-structured questionnaires administered to 125 actors. A walk through the value-chain was also conducted that confirmed the sites’ environmental conditions. Results revealed that even though the kai fishery is dominated by rural women, men were also employed as kai processors, transporting agents and exporters. This fishery generated at least 58 other employments through the 500 kai harvesters within the five major provinces understudy. These were drivers, boat builders, retailers, processors, exporters, and harvesters. Three sales pathways were identified that determined the revenues and profits: (i) harvesters sell own harvests directly to the consumer at the municipal markets, (ii) harvesters sell through intermediary traders to consumers, and (iii) harvesters sell through processors to supermarkets, hotels or exporters. When revenues and profits were calculated, harvesters earned much less, compared to intermediary traders, processors, and exporters. Major constraints include continuous reduction in catch size of kai, lack of transport, and marketing at the local municipal markets that require improvements.

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