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Subject: Home Science Extension Education × Author: Arora, Anupama × End date: 2006 × Start date: 2003 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Intergender access to and control of productive resources among rural families in Faridabad District of Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2006) Arora, Anupama; Mehta, Sudershan
    The study was conducted in two purposively selected villages of Faridabad district i.e. Sotai and Nimka. From these villages, 100 couples were selected randomly. Personal, social, economic and communication characteristics of the respondents were taken as independent variables. Access to productive resources viz., control of productive resources and perception about access to and control of productive resources were taken as dependent variables. Data were collected through well structured interview schedule. The study revealed that Nimka village was near to Faridabad district, situated on the main road, having more geographical area, population, number of males and females, sex II ratio, literacy rate, infrastructure facilities than Sotai village. Irrespective of villages, Majority of the respondents belonged to medium caste, had joint families of large size, income up to Rs. 5000/month with higher mass media access and had up to one acre land holding. Most of the male respondents were in the field of cultivation followed by dairying and in private companies whereas majority of the females were engaged in dairying and cultivation. In Agriculture related activities, both males and females were occupied in majority of the activities whereas in case of animal husbandry activities, female participation was more. Maximum time spent by males in land based activities, manufacturing, servicing and trading whereas female spent maximum time in land and livestock based activities. Majority of the female had negligible access to land. most of the male respondents were cultivating land with the help of their wives and were main decision makers in dispose off property. All the males and only 1/3rd of females were paid workers and most of these females were getting same salary for same work as their male counterpart which was mostly kept by their husbands. Literacy rate of male was high as compared to female. Male's access and control over mass media was higher whereas in case of females, it was of medium level. Overall, females had medium to low access to productive resources but low controlling power. Majority of the males from medium caste, educated and from service class were found to be more in favor of providing ownership and controlling power to females whereas all the females irrespective of age, caste, family size, type, education and occupation were found to be interested in access to and control of productive resources. Further village-wise, in Nimka both males and females had more participation in servicing whereas it was in trading (only males) in Sotai. No access to credit was found in Sotai village whereas in case of Nimka village, females had access (12.50%). However, female's access in employment, deposits and savings, mass media, training and credit was comparatively high in Nimka village than in Sotai village. Females had negligible control in case of all productive resources. However, in Nimka, females had somewhat control of land, employment, deposits and savings and mass media.