Changing Status of Women in India

Uptil recently, in India as in many other developing countries, the role of women in the economic activity of the nation was practically ignored. The increasing participation of women in the work-force, the multiple role of women as mothers, homemakers and paid workers and misunderstandings of the nature of unemployment among women, therefore, suggest the usefulness of describing trends and relationships, in labour force participation as a background for asessing the volume of employment, occupational structure and the impact of economic growth. In this light, the present study analyses in depth the changing role of women in occupational structure with the economic development of the society. The book will prove an informative and most useful asset for students, scholars and teachers in the field of economics, sociology and women studies. Policy planners and administrators will also find this book as an ideal reference tool.