A Multidisciplinary Research Journal - Devanga Arts College
A Multidisciplinary Research Journal - Devanga Arts College
A Multidisciplinary Research Journal - Devanga Arts College
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Objective of the study<br />
The specific objective of the present study is<br />
� To analyze the socio economic background of the selected sample women labourers in<br />
Sattur Taluk of Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu.<br />
Data analysis and Discussions<br />
This place is devoted to analyze and discuss the Primary data collected from the various<br />
women respondents in the study chosen for the Present Study. Today, economic independence is<br />
considered to be the Prime basis for improving the status of women in India. It is generally<br />
agreed that availability of credit to women would result in reducing their dependency, enhancing<br />
their social and economic activities as well as empowering them to assert more in the household<br />
decisions.<br />
In India women cannot be viewed as a homogenous group as the society is stratified on<br />
the basis of class, caste and religion.<br />
It has been observed that the position of women and their demand for bank credit remain<br />
tied to class, caste and religions affiliations. In order to grasp the nature of these causal<br />
relationships, it is imperative to understand the socio-economic characteristics of women<br />
labourer’s in Match Industries. This work attempts to analyze the major socio-economic<br />
variables of the women labourers. For this, the analysis of the present section has been classified<br />
under the heads namely;<br />
i) Socio-economic characteristics of the women labourers.<br />
ii) Family characteristics of the respondents<br />
iii) Relationship between family characteristics and income of the respondents<br />
Socio-Economic Characteristics of Women Labourers<br />
This section attempts to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the women<br />
labourers. Table 1.1 presents the distribution of the sample women labourers according to their<br />
age.