Muslim Women’s Work Participation in India

Type Working Paper - Journal of Social Sciences
Title Muslim Women’s Work Participation in India
Author(s)
Volume 17
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2008
Page numbers 219-222
URL http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JSS/JSS-17-0-000-000-2008-Web/JSS-17-3-185-08-Abst-Text/JSS​-17-3-219-08-660-Sarikhani-N/JSS-17-3-219-08-660-Sarikhani-N-Tt.pdf
Abstract
The present study aims at investigating “Muslim women’s work participation in India “based on: population census in 2001. In this study has been used of “descriptive research”. Results have indicated that Muslim constitutes 13.4 percent of India’s population. Indeed, India has the second largest Muslim population in the world. Sex ratio among Muslim population at national level is 936. Illiterate rate of Muslim women is high and they have not been able to take full advantage in society. There also exists a wide gap between the works participation rate of males and females. In additional, a significant part of Muslim women are recorded as unskilled work sources in the country.

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