Urban Female Labor Force Participation and Its Correlates: A Comparative Study of Slum Dwellers and Their Urban Counterparts of Three Metro Cities in India

Bag, Sugata

doi:10.1108/s1529-212620200000029004

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“…Critically, the study has expanded the frontiers of literature in the domain. Vitally, the study departs from previous studies (Abu-Salia et al, 2015;Bag, 2020;Mkhize, 2018;Mustaquim et al, 2018;Takyi et al, 2020). For instance, while slum dwellers are found to be engaged in diverse businesses Mkhize (2018), or their activities associated with environmental problems Takyi et al (2020), this study's findings highlighted SOA and their environmental behavior.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…For instance, while some were into such activities for survival, others were deliberate to make better lives in the city or family inheritance activities. The finding supports Bag (2020) who maintained that slum dwellers are engaged in self-employment businesses, family businesses and casual employment. In all, the various occupational activities emanate waste that could affect the environment and human health when not well-managed.…”

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Slum dwellers' occupational activities and health implications

Preko

Agyabeng

Mensah

2021

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PurposeThe literature has acknowledged that good health is a crucial component of well-being. This study explores the country-specific understanding of slum dwellers' occupational activities and their environmental behavior.Design/methodology/approachUsing the environmentally responsible behavior model, the study utilized exploratory qualitative approach to purposely sample 35 respondents, who responded to health-related behaviors through in-depth interviews.FindingsFindings show that respondents are engaged in diverse socio-economic occupational activities such as selling of cooked and uncooked food in polythene bags, selling of sachet water and burning the waste generated from these activities in the slum environment. In addition, the study found specific occupational activities of masons, carpenters, tilers, salon beauticians, scrap dealers and unhygienic waste disposal in the slums. Finally, this study uncovered divided opinions in terms of respondents' environmental responsibility and awareness of environmental ramifications. Therefore, issues such as health hazards, unhealthy environment and soil deterioration are common at the slum dwellings.Research limitations/implicationsThe study findings and the conclusion drawn cannot be generalized to represent the entire population of slum dwellers in Ghana due to the qualitative methodology employed.Practical implicationsThis study revealed a country-specific understanding of the environmentally responsible behavior of slum dwellers based on their occupational activities, which can inform health policies.Originality/valueThe outcome of this study advanced contextual culturally specific understanding, concerning health-related behavior of slum dwellers, which is important to policymakers and practitioners in contexts.

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Slum dwellers' occupational activities and health implications

Preko

Agyabeng

Mensah

2021

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“…(Comparison on proportion of working mothers with other representative surveys is in Additional file 1: Appendix 5). The context is notably different from slums in some African countries, where the majority of mothers work [54], but similar to neighboring India [55]. A previous study for Bangladesh noted mothers with underfive children were less likely to work than those with no children or older children, citing lack of access to childcare as a major constraint [26].…”

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“…Domestic responsibilities and prevailing social and gender norms are also among key constraints to general women's work participation [26,56]. Other supply and demand side factors affecting maternal work for pay have also been noted in urban India [55,57].…”

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Association between mother’s work status and child stunting in urban slums: a cross-sectional assessment of 346 child-mother dyads in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2020)

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Background A growing literature highlights the increased risk of stunting among children growing up in informal or slum settlements. Despite relatively high rates of female labor force participation in slums, there is limited evidence on relationship between mother’s work participation and nutritional outcomes of children in these settings. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in two large slums (Korail and Tongi) of Dhaka and Gazipur, Bangladesh to assess the association between maternal work and childhood stunting in a low-income urban context. Logistic regression models estimated unconditional and conditional associations between maternal work status and 1) child stunting, 2) child morbidity and dietary intake, and 3) health and hygiene behaviors. Subgroup analyses were done by type of child care support available. Results After adjusting for variations in individual and household level characteristics, we found that children of working mothers had nearly twice the odds of being stunted than children of non-working mothers (OR 1.84, 95%CI 1.05-3.23). Large differences in stunting were found by available care support: compared to children of non-working mothers, children of working mothers with nuclear-type family support had 4.5 times increased odds of stunting (OR 4.49, 95%CI 1.81-11.12), while no odds differential was found for children of working mothers with an extended-type family support (OR 0.69, 95%CI 0.30-1.59). Conclusions Maternal employment is associated with a substantial increase in the odds of child stunting in the slum areas studied. Given that these effects only appear to arise in the absence of adequate family support, integrating appropriate childcare support measures for low-income urban working mothers might be an effective strategy to help reduce the prevalence of chronic undernutrition among slum children.

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