De fleste unge kvinder I landdistrikterne vil gerne have lønnet arbejde ved siden af arbejde I hjem og pä gården, men de møder mange vanskeligheder: økonomiske (arbejdsløsheden pä landet er stor for både mænd og kvinder, og der er mangel pá Jobs), kulturelle (der ses stadigt skævt til gifte kvinder med udearbejde), og manglen pá service, der sætter dem I stand til at kombinere lønnet arbejde med børnenes skolegang.
Most young rural women would like to have a salaried job outside the home and farm, but they encounter many difficulties: for economic reasons (rural unemployment rates are high for both men and women and jobs are scarce), for cultural reasons (there is still prejudice against married women working outside the home) and because of lack of services which would enable them to match paid employment with school timetables.