Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 15, No 2 (2002)

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Women's Employment in Industry and It's Impact on Adoption of Family Welfare Measures

Sunanda Sharan, Shashikala Puttaraj

Abstract


A sample of 553 executive and non -executive women employees in a public sector electronic industry were reandomly selected and adoption of family welfare measures were evaluated. Results revealed that women's employment brought about changes in demographic, marital and reproductive characteristics like delayed age at mariage, age at first child, reduced fertility and parity resulting in small to medium sJze families because of reduced infant birth rate. While majority of nonexecutive women favoured permanent method and executive women adopted the safe period, use of condom, and oral contraceptive Indicating their sharp differences In adoption of family welfare measures due to their differences in education and age. Thus, employment of women contributes towards control off population growth and increased adoption of family welfare methods result in reduced maternal health complications which help in maintaining good health and nutrition of women themselves.

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