STUDY ON ASPIRATIONS OF RURAL YOUTH AND THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS RURAL DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN DHARWAD DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA STATE
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2007-08-30
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore
Abstract
Youth are the most potent segment of the population of a country.
They have been playing quite a significant role in almost every country of
the world as they possess the zeal and vigour necessary to create
opportunities for national development.
The study was conducted in Dharwad, Hubli, Khalaghatagi and
Kundagol taluks of Dharwad district during 2005-06. Three villages from
each taluk were selected based on the presence of active youth club. From
each village 10 respondents were selected based on their membership in
the youth club to make the sample size of 120 respondents.
The important findings of the study were 26.67 per cent of rural
youth aspired for education upto SSLC followed by 25.00 per cent aspired
for education upto degree. Majority of the rural youth (60.83%) aspired to
take up farming as their occupation. Further majority of rural youth
ranked agriculture (crop production) as in the order of preference to
different enterprises. And a large percentage (65.00%) of the respondents
had medium general aspirations. A majority of the rural youth
(72.50%) had favourable attitude towards rural developmental activities.
Positive and significant relationship was observed between
dependent variables like educational aspirations, occupational
aspirations, enterprise aspiration and general aspirations of rural youth
with independent variables like education, mass media utilization, annual
income, extension contact, economic motivation and achievement
motivation. Whereas, negative and significant relationship was observed
between educational aspirations of rural youth and age.
Cent per cent of the respondents expressed that rural
developmental activities are *Risky and time consuming' and 'No
reorganization or awards for participation' as the important constraints
and 'Daily wages have to be given to the every individual, who participate
in the activity* as their suggestion for better participation of rural youth in
rural developmental activities.
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