Women-headed Households in Rural IndiaCase study of the Jaunpur District, Uttar Pradesh |
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Profiles of the Selected Villages | 15 |
5 | 35 |
Survival Strategies adopted | 66 |
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able and competent acres acres of land adult males age group agricultural average land holding capita caste groups Census cent Chamar chief provider consumption context cultivation decision-making defined definition of female-headed demographic depend Dependency ratio economic family fund farm farmers female-headed house female-headed households FHHs Gahani ghunghat handicapped males head of household headed households headedness headship household income household members households belonging households headed households with marginal human capital husband identified incidence of female incidence of female-headed India institutional credit intermediary caste intermediate and scheduled intermediate caste irrigation Jaljeet Jaunpur leased living Madhaipur male members male-headed Malsil marriage Muslim non-farm activities outmigration paddy Panchayat patrilineal persons ploughing poverty line purdah quintals Rajput reasons remittances responsibility role rural sample scheduled caste separation/desertion Seura Shyamlata social socio-cultural socio-economic status Table tion TOTAL tubewell typologies United Nations upper caste utilisation wage employment wheat widow widowhood wife