Women’s Efforts for Family Subsistence: A Rural Study

Abstract

The present study provides the analysis of the women’s efforts for
family survival especially in rural areas. The study is based on the
primary source of data collected by author. Ordinary Least Square
method is employed for obtaining estimates. We have found that age of
the women, women hourly wage rate, poverty status and women’s
permission to work outside. Women living in joint family system, with
more poverty and high dependency have positive and significant effect
on women’s contribution in Household budget make more efforts for
household survival. Marital status, more number of children in early
age group and larger family size retard the women’s efforts for family
in the rural areas. The study suggests that the size of the family should
keep short and women should be given permission to get education and
to work outside the home.