@article{Jahan:201463,
      recid = {201463},
      author = {Jahan, Farhana and Rahman, M. H. and Akteruzzaman, M.},
      title = {AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF WOMEN WORKING IN NON-FARM SECTOR  IN A SELECTED AREA OF KUSHTIA DISTRICT},
      journal = {Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2002-06-30},
      number = {454-2016-36648},
      series = {XXV},
      pages = {12},
      month = {Jun},
      year = {2002},
      abstract = {The study examines the nature and extent of women's  participation in non-farm sector covering 70 women workers  of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia district. The selected  available workers were classified according to household  income, of which 34 of them were very poor, 8 were medium  poor and 28 were moderately well-to-do. Evidence showed  that female workers were mostly engaged in non-farm sector,  95 per cent of the very poor women workers worked as day  labourer while 64 per cent under moderately well to do  households worked in services. Twenty and 30 per cent of  the selected rural women workers were respectively divorced  and widow. The female workers worked monthly on an average  17.95, 9.70 and 13.73 man-days in non-agricultural  activities respectively for very poor, medium poor and  moderately well-to-do workers while the male counterparts  worked 21.88, 26.00 and 19.43 man-days. The annual  household incomes of very poor, medium poor and moderately  well-to-do groups were Tk. 36074, Tk. 80989 and Tk. 176639  respectively and the contributions of women were 43.10,  31.08 and 35.90 per cent. The shares of expenditure on food  and non-food items were 79.47 and 20.53 per cent for very  poor, 81.59 and 18.41 per cent for medium poor and 71.31  and 28.69 per cent for moderately well to-do worker,  respectively. The household income was significantly  influenced by education, number of earning member and  income from agriculture; and family size and number of  earning member significantly influenced on labour supply.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/201463},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.201463},
}