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Women as marginal workers in informal mining and quarrying, India: a preliminary analysis.
- Source :
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Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy . May2014, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p290-309. 20p. 6 Charts, 2 Maps. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper presents an analysis of 2001 Indian Census data at the state level on women workers in the mining and quarrying (M&Q) sector. In the absence of official data on informal M&Q, the paper uses the census category of ‘marginal workers’ as a rough indicator of informal employment within this industrial category. The paper has two stages of analysis: first, it presents a state-by-state description of employment of women as main and marginal workers in key minerals; it then correlates income and other social indicators to the proportion of women marginal workers in different mineral categories in order to explore the connections between income, poverty/economic ill-being, caste and other social factors and informal M&Q. It concludes that at the state level, correlations are difficult to draw, and that there is need for further elaborate data for analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *WOMEN'S employment
*WOMEN employees
*DEMOGRAPHIC surveys
*ECONOMIC indicators
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13547860
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94723852
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2014.880287