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Gender issues and livelihood pattern of migrant women labourers of farm families

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Title Gender issues and livelihood pattern of migrant women labourers of farm families
 
Creator PONNUSAMY, K
SENDHIL, R
 
Subject Gender, Livelihood pattern, Migration, Women migrant labourers
 
Description Migration of labour is getting feminized especially in the developing countries like India in the recent past, and more so in Odisha state that face acute migration where farm women migrate for a better livelihood option. In the milieu, the present study was carried out to document the gender issues and livelihood pattern of migrant women labourers of farm families from Odisha. The study sourced data from a survey conducted in the labour congregating areas of Bhubaneswar during 2011-12. Highest percentage of women labour migrants were within the age group of 26-35 (40%) and lowest number was found within 56-65 age group (4%). Ninety two per cent of the respondents were wage labourers and among them, a majority (52%) of women performed both construction and road work, and 40% performed only construction work. A majority of the respondents (42%) earned a monthly income ranging from Rupees 2 000 to Rupees 3 000 and their total monthly family income varied from Rupees 5 000 to Rupees 8 000. However, 68% of the respondents saved their income for the future requirements and 32% of the respondents were living hand-to-mouth life due to a large family size. The income of majority of respondents ranged from Rupees 2 000 to Rupees 3 000 per month and their family income was also within the range of Rupees 2 000 to Rupees 8 000. Moreover, a meager amount of money was sent to the family at origin which is not even sufficient to purchase cereals and pulses. The study concludes that, adoption of effective and efficient region specific strategies through entrepreneurial skills coupled with some profitable agricultural business ventures will curtail the rate of rural migration.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2015-11-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/53674
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 85, No 11 (2015)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/53674/22732
 
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