Exploring Women’s Work in Haryana: Conceptual and Methodological Learnings

N. Neetha () and Indrani Mazumdar ()
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N. Neetha: Centre for Women’s Development Studies
Indrani Mazumdar: Former Faculty, Centre for Women’s Development Studies

Chapter 5 in Women and Work in India: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy, 2026, pp 73-95 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Elements of invisibility and underestimation of women’s work in labour force data have been acknowledged for decades, and yet the issue persists. In such a context, time-use surveys and statistics have gained importance. An LFS-TUS survey was conducted in Haryana by CWDS as part of an ILO multi-country pilot study in 2020–21. The Chapter examines and elucidates the methodological reasons for a considerably higher female WPR in both rural and urban areas in the CWDS study in comparison to the PLFS. The importance of micro-surveys in examining the relationship between caste/community and women’s work/employment/occupation and its specificities are also highlighted. The Chapter argues that while independent labour force surveys and Time Use Surveys indeed need to be regularly undertaken, intermittent rounds of a combined LFS-TUS would also be useful in advancing the understanding and overcoming biases in the conduct of labour force surveys.

Keywords: Lfs-tus survey; Time use; Economic and “non-economic” work; Invisibility of women’s work; Upaid work; Female work participation rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-95-6103-2_5

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