A Comparability Review of the Women Farmers Survey in Korea by Policy Domain and Strategies for Enhancing Policy Utilization

Key Points

• The study aims to evaluate how effectively the women farmers survey captures key policy areas and to propose improvements for enhancing policy utilization.
• Reorganized key policy areas into four domains: decision-making, economic autonomy, education and capacity building, labor environment and welfare.
• Compared survey data from 2003 to 2023 focusing on item consistency, response structure, measurement units, and sample design differences.
• Identified limitations in comparability due to changes in item construction, inconsistent response methods, and gaps in data.
• Findings indicated partial coverage of key areas but limited comparability due to item inconsistencies and measurement differences.
• Decision-making and social participation areas faced constraints in direct comparisons due to differences in response categories.
• Labor environment and welfare showed the lowest comparability due to a high degree of measurement inconsistency and missing data.

Abstract