PROBLEMS COPING MECHANISMS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF LAMBANI FEMALE HEADS OF THE FAMILY IN SHIRAHATTI TALUK DHARWAD DISTRICT
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09-09-99
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK ,BANGALORE
Abstract
This descriptive study was carried out in 6 randomly
selected Lambani Tandas, with a sample of 80 respondents,
selected in multistages and a purposive sub sample of 8, from
the main sample. Data was collected by interview and case
study methods. Majority of the respondents were in the age
group of 20-45 years with 2-4 children and an average of 2
dependents. Majority of them belonged to broken nuclear
family. Majority were illiterate, landless, agricultural labourers
with an annual family income of Rs. 11,517, with no material
and livestock possessions. Widowhood and desertion were the
main reasons for heading the family. Collection of fire wood
and embroidery were their main subsidiary activities. Food
scarcity, water, lighting, fuel, alcoholism of their husband and
lack of health care facilities were the main problems of
respondents. Borrowing food, using rice given to children at
school and purchase of food items on credit were the main
mechanisms used for facing hunger. Different mechanisms used
to confront their husband's alcoholism were found to be
ineffective. Many respondents had problems of child rearing
and care of aged/ailing. All depended on ANMS for health care
needs. Problems in marketing were tackled with distress sales(fire wood) and borrowing money for wholesale purchase of
vegetables. More than one third of women were harassed by
neighbors and relatives. They suffered it in silence. In more
than one third of households children were working as
agricultural labourers. Being poor in material and livestock
resources their only resource was their human labour. Hence,
inputs and better management practices of both material and
human resources are required to break their circle of poverty.
An empirical model of their poverty circle with intervention
entry points and type of interventions needed was developed
from this study.
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