Socio-economic Research on Identifying the Major Factors that Affect Women’s Career Choice in Kesbewa Divisional Secretariat in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka

W. T. D. Wijethunga and S.D.Y. Jayarathne
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W. T. D. Wijethunga: Department of Sociology, Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda
S.D.Y. Jayarathne: Department of Sociology, Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2020, vol. 4, issue 8, 133-139

Abstract: Due to the openness of education and the open economic pattern in the Sri Lankan society, the social status of the woman in the traditional society has changed drastically – resulting in the woman becoming a homemaker and becoming a professional worker. According to the Central Bank Annual Report, women’s employment increased from 32-9% in 2012 to 35-6% in 2013 – the most significant increase in employment for women is the increasing number of women seeking employment Moving. In the past, women turned to the occupational and apparel sector, and are now turning to outside careers such as administrative services, nursing, teaching and medical, and law especially in the health sector, where nursing was the top female employer. Today in the medical field. In 2008, the number was 131, compared to 176 in 2009. The number of engineers, which fell from 9% in 1985 to 12% in 2008, has increased to 14% in 2009 – in the case of the Administration Division The total number of women employed in the legal sector was 270 in 2009, compared to 248 in 2008. Accordingly, the main research problem of this research was to find out what are the factors that contribute to the creation of a career choice.

Date: 2020
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