Socio Economic and Health Condition of Women Agricultural Workers in Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Economic well being of India depends on the agricultural development since the livelihood of 60 per cent of the population is based on Agriculture and allied occupation. Women workers make a mammoth contribution in agricultural development but the socio economic condition of them is not quite appreciatable due to cultural and political reasons. Women face various issues at both work place and house for being women. This study has made an attempt to study the socio economic and health condition of women agricultural workers those who work in the eld of land owners and get daily wages.This study was conducted in Srivanjiyam village of Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu.The result reveals that the 40.0 per cent of the respondents are illiterate and majority of them suffer with back pain, joint pain, leg pain and skin irritation.

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“…There are countless studies on women in agriculture—on women’s wages for different operations (Burnette, 2004; Chattopadhyay, 1982; Satham & Goyal, 1974; Krishna Rao, 2006; Leela, 1978; Olusi, 1997; Rajuladevi, 2000), women’s role and participation in farm businesses (Sharma & Dayal, 1993; Duvvury, 1989; Kaur, 1994; Saradamoni, 1987; Sisodia, 1985), the problems of agricultural women workers (Rao, 1989), women’s role in livestock rearing and agriculture, their role in their own farms (Raghuram, 1993; Setti, 1991), conditions in contract farming (Singh, 2003), economic conditions of male vis-à-vis female agricultural labourers (Jose, 1973; Pavithra, 2017; Prakash, 2017), economic empowerment through agriculture (Doss et al, 2012), the health status of women agricultural workers (Raja Meenakshi & Sigamani, 2020), and employment and unemployment of men vis-à-vis women in agriculture (Unni, 1988) and so on. There are several other studies relating to the drudgery of firewood collection (Nagabrahmam & Shreekant, 1983), employment patterns among women and hurdles to their survival (Leela, 1976; Shobha et al, 1998), women in mushroom cultivation (Karwa & Mahendra, 2005), girls working in cotton fields (Ramala Rayalu & Durga Bhavani, 1999), seasonal flexibility in the earnings of women (Oughton, 1993) and so on.…”