Journal ID : AMA-22-06-2023-12351
[This article belongs to Volume - 54, Issue - 06]
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Title : Trends and Prospects of Female Labor Force Participation Rate in Agricultural Sector of Assam with some selected variables

Abstract :

Agriculture plays an important role for the people residing in most of the states in India for their livelihood. Despite high economic growth, decline in fertility, and rise in schooling of girls, the Female Labor Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) in India has declined in rural areas and stagnated in urban areas since the late 1980s. Labor force includes those people who are currently employed and those who are unemployed but seeking work. In India, the female labor force is mostly employed in agricultural sector. Although the participation of self-employed female labor force is on the rise especially in the rural areas, studies also show that Women’s engagement in unpaid work is high in rural areas and while a majority of women are employed in regular wage work in urban areas, there are substantial wage differentials between men and women, most of the regular work of women is in the informal sector, and non-wage benefits are poor. Agriculture sector is the major economic sector in Assam employing close to 75% of total work force, directly or indirectly. In this present study, an attempt has been made to observe the participation of female labor force in the agricultural sector of Assam. It has been seen that amongst all the age groups of labor force participation, a change has been observed for women in the age group 25 to 29. Multiple linear regression analysis has been carried out for the collected data. Future data of female labor participation also have been predicted with some selected variables.

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