Family Size, Composition and Women Work in Informal Sector

Abstract

The paper highlights the effects of family composition of women
workers (16-60 years) in informal sector on their contribution in family
income. Employing the OLS model on 1780 observations it is found
that family size and number of old age persons (more than 60 years) in
the family, dependency ratio and if the eldest sibling of the main couple
is male have positive effect on contribution. The number of infants,
number of male and female children (5-15 years) in the family, number
of male and female prime-age children (more than 15 years) and
number of adult males in the family have shown negative effect on the
contribution of women in the family income. The ratio of male to
female children (5-15 years) and the number of working children also
affect the contribution of women negatively.