Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to examine the socio-economic determinants of women labour force participation among the Tiwa tribe in Morigaon and Nagaon districts of Assam in North East India and suggested necessary measures to the policy makers to increase women participation in labour market. We have selected four blocks from Morigaon district and two blocks from Nagaon district, where Tiwa population is highly concentrated. The study is based on primary data collected randomly. Almost 442 in the age cohort 15-64 are interviewed with the help of well structured questionnaire for the study. Besides descriptive statistics, here we use the Logistic Regression method in order to determine important socio-economic determinants of work force participation of Tiwa women. The level of education turns out to be insignificant variable in explaining women workforce participation for both married and unmarried women. It highlights poorer access to education in backward areas for earlier generation. This would require a policy that addresses the constraints facing women’s to get better education and acquire more skills. Such a step can increase their employability in the formal labour markets, with favourable impacts on the sound development of their children and of course their family. Consequently, rural infrastructure is needed to be improved and government should realise the urgency of creating employment opportunities for educated women.
Keywords: Women workforce participation, Tiwa tribe, Assam, North East India.
Title: An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Women Labour Force Participation among the Tiwa Tribe in Assam of North East India
Author: Pankaj Saikia, Dr. Ritwik Mazumder
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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