Volume 19, No. 2, 2022

An Analysis Of Occupational Disparity And Work Participation In Nagaon District, Assam


Silpi Sikha Hazarika , Pompi Bora , Estila Devi

Abstract

Occupational structure is one of the important aspects of socio-economic development of a particular place. Occupational structure varies spatially which shows the distribution of economically active workforce among different occupations. In case of occupational structure one can see the variation in terms of male and female work participation rate in the society which depicts the participation of both the gender in economic activities. The present paper attempts to understand the spatial pattern of occupational structure along with male and work participation rate in Nagaon district with special emphases on its revenue circles for the year 2001 and 2011. The entire research work is based on secondary sources of data which include statistical handbook, Primary census abstract and census of India.


Pages: 4015-4021

Keywords: occupation, occupational structure, work force, socio-economic development.

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