Status of Vocationally Trained Women in Amritsar District of Punjab, India

Jasleen Kaur, Priyanka Sharma, Tariq Iqbal and Rohit Shelar

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2023, vol. 41, issue 9, 6

Abstract: The present study was conducted in the Amritsar District of Punjab. Purposive cum random sampling technique was followed for the selection of vocationally trained women. Amritsar district was selected purposively as there was no such study conducted previously on vocational training program for women. A list of vocational trained women was procured from KVK, Nagkalan which is the only KVK functional in Amritsar district and from the procured list 100 vocationally trained women were selected randomly for the present study. Results of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were educated up to the higher secondary level. Neighbors were the main source of information about the vocational training at KVK for the majority of women respondents. Moreover, there were little less than half percent of women respondents who got support from their family to start their own enterprises after getting training. Regression model was used and form the data, it is concluded that among all independent variables, age and education had a significant effect on respondent’s decision to start their own enterprises.

Keywords: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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