Female labour force activity in developing countries: a critique of current data collection techniques

Anker, Richard,

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Abstract: Working paper comprising an evaluation of data collecting techniques relating to labour force participation of women workers in developing countries. Discusses census and survey practices and typical questions asked. Attributes under-reporting of the economic role of rural women to questionnaire design, the higher social class and sex of interviewers and sex-proxy status of sample respondents (males). Proposes four definitions of manpower. Based on a case study of India, shows research variations. Bibliography.

Keywords: data collecting; technique; labour force participation; women workers; survey.; economic role; rural women; questionnaire; social class.; sex; interview; sample; men; definition.; labour force; case study; research; collecte des données; technique; taux d'activité; travailleuses; enquête; rôle économique; femmes rurales; questionnaire; classe sociale; sexe; interview; échantillon; hommes; définition; main-d'oeuvre; étude de cas; recherche; recopilación de datos; técnica; tasa de actividad de mano de obra; trabajadoras; encuesta; papel económico; mujeres rurales; cuestionario; clase social; sexo; entrevista; muestra; hombres; definición; mano de obra; estudio de casos; investigación (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 80 P. pages
Date: 1983
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-21, Population and Labour Policies Programme

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