W-1167 (2006-2011): This project improved the understanding of
work-family variables for female ranchers and farmers, female
professionals, and female immigrants in the U.S.; gave these
women resources and strategies to help them balance work,
family, and personal time; and provided information to human
resource departments, service providers, and corporate decision
makers to help them develop more effective policies and
interventions. Women comprised 49 percent of the U.S. workforce
in 2003. Three critical but understudied subpopulations in the
workforce include: female ranchers and farmers, female
professionals, and female immigrants. In the last 25 years, the
percentage of all U.S. farmers who are women more than doubled,
rising to over 11 percent. Around 55 percent of all professional
workers in the U.S. are female, and in 2001, over half of the
more than 1 million immigrants admitted to the U.S. were female.
While they play an increasingly vital economic role in their
communities, these groups lack role