A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE ATTITUDE OF WOMEN ON THEIR EMPOWERMENT IN A SELECTED RURAL COMMUNITY OF BANGALORE (INDIA)
International Journal of Social and Allied Research
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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE ATTITUDE OF WOMEN ON THEIR EMPOWERMENT IN A SELECTED RURAL COMMUNITY OF BANGALORE (INDIA)
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Creator |
Das, Geeta; Associate Professor, B.Sc. Nursing College, Silchar, Dist.-Cachar, Assam, India.
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Women Studies
Women empowerment, Women attitude, Attitude and empowerment, Women shakti, Empowerment, Women. Women Empowerment |
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India still has one of the lowest female literacy rates in Asia, which means today there are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This paper discusses about the attitude of women on their empowerment in a selected rural community of Bangalore through a descriptive research design. In the present study, the sample consists of 100 rural women, who are in age group of between 20-60 years from Chikkabasti and Doddabasti, Bangalore, who fulfill the inclusion criteria for the study. The score total mean percentage 81.4 percent and standard deviation 8.2 percent on attitude of women empowerment. With regards to women’s attitude level score association their socio-demographic variables shows that there was an association between women’s attitude and variables like marital status, age at marriage, number of children, education, occupation, religion and family income.
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SPEAK Foundation
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2014-10-01
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Descriptive Study. Sample consists of 100 rural women, who are in age group of between 20-60 years from Chikkabasti and Doddabasti, Bangalore, who fulfill the inclusion criteria for the study. |
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application/pdf
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http://journals.foundationspeak.com/index.php/ijsar/article/view/223
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International Journal of Social and Allied Research (IJSAR); Vol 3, No 1 (2014): IJSAR - OCT 3(1) 2014; 21-40
2349-9311 2319-3611 |
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eng
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http://journals.foundationspeak.com/index.php/ijsar/article/view/223/217
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India
— Study was conducted in Chikkabasti and Doddabasti, Bangalore, under K. Gollahalli PHC is rural area. The setting is selected because of availability of the samples, feasibility of conducting study and geographical proximity. |
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Copyright (c) 2018 International Journal of Social and Allied Research (IJSAR)
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