A Study on Profile Characteristics of Tribal Women on Domestic Water Sanitation Practicesin Adilabad District
Journal Title: International Journal of Environment, Ecology, Family and Urban Studies (IJEEFUS) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
A present study was conducted on profile characteristics of tribal women on domestic water sanitation practices. For the study, based upon the nature of the research problem and objectives of the present study, experimental research design was selected. A total of 60 tribal women from three mandals of Adilabad district were selected using random sampling technique. The district of Adilabad was selected purposively as the tribes are densely populated when compared to the other districts of the state. Tribal mandals selected for the study were Rebbena, Tandur and Kerameri. Interview schedule was developed for data collection. Frequencies and percentages were used for data analysis. The results of the study were revealed that majority (46.6%) of the tribal women were middle aged followed by young age (35%). Majority of them were illiterates (48.33%), followed by high school education (23.33%) and primary schooling (18%). More than half (51.66%) of them belonged to medium size family followed by small size (43.3%) family. Majority of the tribal women (66.66%) had pucca houses. Agriculture is the main occupation of the majority of the tribal women
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A. LALITHA, A. SWARNA LATHA
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