An Analysis of Socio Economic Conditions of Homeless People's in Madurai City, Tamil Nadu

N.Periyamayan
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N.Periyamayan: Madurai Kamaraj University

Shanlax International Journal of Economics, 2019, vol. 7, issue 2, 1-10

Abstract: Homeless people who not able to get and keep regular, safe and sound houses, or lack of fixed usual and sufficient night-time residence. The numbers of homeless peoples are increased due to the lack of adequate housing, unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood and old age etc. They are living in open areas like pavements, railway platforms, Hume pipes, under flyovers and open places near temples are described as homeless. In India, 1.77 million people are living homeless and 35 per cent of people are still earning $1 or less a day. The objectives of the study are 1) to know the socio-economic conditions of the homeless people in Madurai city, 2) to examine the factors affecting the homeless people in Madurai city and 3) To suggest viable strategies for improving their living conditions of homeless people. The study is entirely based on primary data. It deals with socio-economic conditions of homeless people, and factors influencing homelessness of homeless people in Madurai city. In the study, 100 homeless people were interviewed by using a well-structured interview schedule. The findings of the study have been identified various factors as the causes of homelessness and deprivation. Thus, the fact emerges that the homeless dwellers in the study area are socio-economically very poor and backward.

Keywords: Homeless People; Unemployment; Madurai City; socio-economic condition; deprivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.34293/economics.v7i2.320

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