Effect of Socio Economic Factors on Food and Nutrient Consumption of Rural Women
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 12
Abstract
Women invariably perform the duties of both employees and the housewives. This dual role entails heavy mental and physical effort which often leads to complete exhaustion of women due to over work. .But very often are overlooked in the family and instead they are viewed as economic burdens. . Good health is a requirement throughout life and vital to women in terms of their daily activities, but nutritional deficiency is a major problem for women in India. To overcome these problems daily diet of the women should be nutritious. But health is a crucial area where no due attention has been paid for women. The study was carried out in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. This research consist sample of three hundred rura women 150 each from farm and non farm women catagory. The respondents were interviewed personally. In the present study is about effects of socioeconomic factors like age,education,occupation,income, family size on, daily food intake and nutrient intake of the respondents were calculated. Results of this study reveals that except income no other variable has any significant effect on consumption pattern of rural women in both the groups.
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Bijaya Laxmi Sahu, Dr. Baruna Mitra
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