SOCIAL CHANGE : THE PERCEPTION BY THE YOUTH AND SENIOR CITIZENS
| dc.contributor.advisor | GAONKAR, V. | |
| dc.contributor.author | PATIL, VIJAYA U. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-06T12:15:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-06T12:15:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 09-09-99 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study was carried out in Haveri city during the year 1997-98 on 230 youth (20-30 years) and 70 senior citizens (above 60 years), to know the perception of different social changes like intercaste marriage, widow remarriage, age at marriage, preferred number of children and gainful employment of women. Pre-tested interview schedule was the tool used for data collection. To assess the opinion regarding intercaste marriage and widow remarriage, standardised scales developed by Katti et al (1988) and Rao (1974) respectively were used and regarding age at marriage, preferred number of children and gainful employment of women, self structured questionnaire was used. Results revealed that irrespective of gender compared to senior citizens, youth had favourable opinion towards intercaste marriage and widow remarriage. Majority of both the youth and senior citizens preferred 21-25 years age range for boys and 18-22 years for girls marriage. Majority of both male and female respondents of both the groups mentioned that child marriage increases population and reduces level of education. A larger proportion of both the youth and senior citizens prelerred two children. As far as gender preference among the children is considered, a large proportion of youth and senior citizens preferred both male and female children. A higher proportion of male than female preferred children irrespective ofgendci'. Majority oClhe respondents were aware of demerits of more number of children. Senior citizens and female youth had favourable opinion regarding gainful employment of women. Education and medical fields were the important areas preferred for women's work. Educated respondents had favourable perception towards intercaste marriage, widow remarriage, age at marriage and gainful employment of women. Educated female youth preferred less number of children. The senior citizens with better income favoured late marriage and gainful employment of women. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | Th-5261 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810134652 | |
| dc.keywords | SOCIAL CHANGE : THE PERCEPTION | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 147 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE | en_US |
| dc.sub | Human Development and Family Studies | |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | BY THE YOUTH AND SENIOR CITIZENS | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | SOCIAL CHANGE : THE PERCEPTION BY THE YOUTH AND SENIOR CITIZENS | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |