Influence of Socio-Economic Variables on The Career Development of Women in Samastipur District of Bihar

Abstract

The interplay of several socio-economic variables determines the status of women in any society. Women are still subjected to mistreatment and enslavement as a result of discriminatory social traditions, lack of suffi cient education, and lack of professional training. The objective of the current study was to ascertain the infl uence of Socioeconomic status of women on their career development. It was done using a sample of 120 women respondents in the Pusa block of the Samastipur district of Bihar. The fi ndings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (44.16%) belonged to middle age group (36-50 yrs). Most of the respondents (34.16%) had completed their high school education. More than half of the respondents (53.4%) were having a nuclear family and had upto 5 members in their family. Most of the respondents (80.7%) were housewives and 69.1 per cent of respondents reported a medium annual family income ranging between Rs 1, 60,000- Rs.4, 60,000. The study further revealed that family type and family size were found to be negatively correlated with career development at 5 per cent level, caste and income were found to be positively correlated with career development at 5 per cent level whereas Education, Occupation, Mass media, Household items and Prestige items were found to be positively correlated at 1 per cent level with it. However, variables such as Age, Marital status, House type and livestock were insignifi cant with career development.