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Table 1 denotes the infrastructure facilities available in fisher folk’s house. Most of the fisher folk (88.8%) have electric power in their house. About, 80% of the fisher folk have television. Further, it is inferred that 58.5% of the fisher folk have mixie. Only 1.1% and 1.8% of the fisher folk have four wheeler and inverter respectively in their house. Further, majority of the fisher folk do not have washing machine in their house. Finally, it is inferred that 2.8% of the fisher folk have air conditioner in their house. It is concluded that majority of the fisher folk have electric facility in their house and followed by television. Very few fisher folk have four wheeler, Air conditioner and inverter in their house. DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND CONSUMPTION OF ESSENTIAL FOOD The families’ dietary patterns showed quantitative and qualitative variations over the year, depending on the fishing seasons. 75% of the families spent Rs. 10 to Rs. 20 a day on food; while the daily income ranged from Rs. 10 to Rs. 30. Fish was the animal protein consumed almost every day by most families. Milk, meat and fruit were eaten rarely (BOBP, 1997). Table – 2: Household Size and Consumption of Essential Food Null Hypothesis: The household size of the respondents does not influence the consumption of essential food. N X F value P value Vegetables Upto 3 153 2.42 1.080 4 – 6 582 2.46 1.082 .188 .829* Above 6 191 2.40 1.031 Total 926 2.44 1.071 Fruits Upto 3 153 2.41 1.029 4 – 6 582 2.58 1.105 2.708 .067* Above 6 191 2.69 1.176 Total 926 2.57 1.110 Meat Upto 3 153 2.85 1.056 4 – 6 582 2.81 1.001 1.841 .159* Above 6 191 2.97 1.088 Total 926 2.85 1.029 Fish Upto 3 153 1.19 .571 4 – 6 582 1.16 .521 .342 .710* Above 6 191 1.14 .558 Total 926 1.16 .537 Milk Upto 3 153 1.44 .952 4 – 6 582 1.51 1.022 1.021 .361* Above 6 191 1.60 1.128 Total 926 1.52 1.034 Quality products Upto 3 153 2.04 1.272 4 – 6 582 2.18 1.394 .956 .385* Above 6 191 2.25 1.514 Total 926 2.17 1.400 *Significant at 5% level Table 2 shows the relationship between consumption of essential food and household size of fisher folk. It indicates that there is no significant relationship in consuming vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, milk and using quality products among different household sizes of fisher folk. Hence, it is www.theinternationaljournal.org > RJEBS: Volume: 02, Number: 06, April-2013 Page 136
concluded that the consumption of essential food not influence in the household size of fisher folk. Fisher folk consume essential food irrespective of their household size. POSSESSION OF HOUSE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT The housing condition of the fisher folk is poor. Density of population is the highest in areas of fisher folk. The housing conditions have marginally improved for the fisher folk since 1980s. The number of households living in huts declined from 48% in 1980 to 27% in1990. Majority of them lives in huts made of mud, only few of them reside in houses made of cement and bricks (Kerala Development Report, 2008). Table – 3 Types of Residential House and Availability of Medical Treatment Treatment during sickness Types of House Hut Tiles Terrace Total Non-Professionals Respondents 6 13 5 24 Treatment (25.0%) (54.2%) (20.8%) (100.0%) Types of House [ 3.8%] [3.1%] [1.4%] [2.6%] Municipal Hospital Respondents 0 38 2 40 Treatment (.0%) (95.0%) (5.0%) (100.0%) Types of House [.0%] [9.0%] [.6%] [4.3%] Primary Health Centre Respondents 8 7 5 20 Treatment (40.0%) (35.0%) (25.0%) (100.0%) Types of House [5.1%] [1.7%] [1.4%] [2.2%] Government Hospital Respondents 83 146 102 331 Treatment (25.1%) (44.1%) (30.8%) (100.0%) Types of House [52.5%] [34.7%] [29.4%] [35.7%] Private Hospital Respondents 61 217 230 508 Treatment (12.0%) (42.7%) (45.3%) (100.0%) Types of House [38.6%] [51.5%] [66.3%] [54.9%] Through Medical Shops Respondents 0 0 3 3 Treatment (.0%) (.0%) (100.0%) (100.0%) Types of House [.0%] [.0%] [.9%] [.3%] Total Respondents 158 421 347 926 Treatment (17.1%) (45.5%) (37.5%) (100.0%) Types of House [100.0%] [100.0%] [100.0%] [100.0%] Source: Primary Data The value within ( ) denotes row percentage The value within [ ] denotes column percentage Table 3 shows the house types of fisher folk and their medical treatment. More than half of the fisher folk (54.9%) get treatment in private hospitals. In it, 45.3% of them reside in terrace house, 42.7% of the fisher folk in tiled house and the remaining 12.0% of the fisher folk in huts. It is followed by 35.7% of the fisher folk prefer government hospital for treatment during their sickness. Among them, 44.1% of the fisher folk are in tiled house, 30.8% of the fisher folk are in terrace house and the least (25.1%) of them reside in huts. Further, 4.3% of the fisher folk prefer municipal hospital. In it, most of the fisher folk (95%) reside in tiled house. About 5% of the fisher folk reside in terrace house. Meanwhile 2.6% of the fisher folk prefer Non-professional for treatment. Among them, 54.2% of the fisher folk reside in tiled house. It is followed by, 25% of the fisher folk in huts and the remaining 20.8% of the fisher folk reside in terrace house. It is concluded that fisher folk resides in terrace house prefer private hospital for their treatment. www.theinternationaljournal.org > RJEBS: Volume: 02, Number: 06, April-2013 Page 137
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Table of Contents Articles PERFORMA
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servicing, and the policies not mee
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The Self-Help Group members get inc
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Are female workers more productive
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For the purpose of including explan
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several different, competing logist
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Fisher, R.T. (2001), “Role stress
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A Comparative Study of NPA of State
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processes. Instead of fixing target
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Agriculture Crisis and Sustainable
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Table 1. World Cereal production ,
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Expanding biofuel production The ex
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percent of the world’s population
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OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-
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It can provide the earnings needed
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The incubator will also work toward
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factor. This is not an easy proposi
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ROLE OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT IN LE
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During the last season red onion fa
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Table Mch2 Coef. Std. Err Z P>/Z/ A
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lack of capital. The local farmer o
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It may be seen that alleviation of
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Table - 2 Progress under Bharat Nir
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References Chandrasekhar, B P., et
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existing cooperative legislation, r
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1.3 THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. What
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Table 2: Earnings and Cost Allocati
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have an adequate amount of capital
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programs and the union was doing on
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total assets to other key areas, it
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esponded by (7.6%) of the members.
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management; Gohe cooperatives savin
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Significance of asset quality of St
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iii) iv) Doubtful Assets:- a) Doubt
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atios and solvency ratios are taken
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Ratio of around 3% during 2007-08,
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sufficient to draw an inference in
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The observed R 2 and F statistics m
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Page 92 and 93: Table no.8 - Multiple Comparisons T
Page 94 and 95: Abstract Corporate Social Responsib
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Page 98 and 99: Supplier Relations As stakeholders
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Page 102 and 103: Corporate Social Responsibility Pra
Page 104 and 105: 2011, this district received surplu
Page 106 and 107: In the case of marginal farmers and
Page 108 and 109: Findings From the above analysis it
Page 110 and 111: 2. Innovation: Meaning and Dimensio
Page 112 and 113: data appropriately. Inferences were
Page 114 and 115: The regression analyses as shown in
Page 116 and 117: Role of Self-help Group in Socio-ec
Page 118 and 119: 10% for women and men respectively
Page 120 and 121: MoRD has been constantly reviewing
Page 122 and 123: 76.6% units were found to be existi
Page 124 and 125: 10.Timely release of adequate loans
Page 126 and 127: Standard of living of Rural Fisher
Page 130 and 131: FISHING METHODS USED BY DIFFERENT A
Page 132 and 133: CONCLUSION Most of the fisher folk
Page 134 and 135: Objectives: The following objective
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Page 138 and 139: Wastage Schedule (Onion) Sl.No. Pri
Page 140 and 141: At the end of 2008 the entire world
Page 142: Conclusion: 9. The inflation can be
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