Handloom sector is a leading sphere in the country after agriculture in providing direct and indirect employment to more than 43 lakh weavers and allied workers. The present study was taken up to find out the socio economic status of handloom weavers. Purposive random sampling method was used to select the 120durrie weavers from Warangal urban. Income, educational qualification, and profession were taken into consideration to compute socioeconomic status. Findings revealed that gender ratio in the occupation was3:1. Most of the young adult and middle aged women weavers were involved in weaving and the percentage was significantly higher than men weavers. There was a significant positive relationship between socio economic status and BMI, r (118) = 0.0512, p < 0.1. It can be concluded that individuals who spend active time on weaving will earn more amount of remuneration, so automatically socioeconomic status of the individual will be enhanced.
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(3): 690-696 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume Number 03 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.803.085 Socio Economic Status of Handloom Weavers in Warangal Urban District M Gayathri Devi1*, V Vijaya Lakshmi2, Induri Rajitha3 and S.L Kameswari4 Department of Resource Management and Consumer Sciences, College of Home Science, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India FRM –AICRP (Home Science), PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India NIFT, Hyderabad, India Department of Extension Education and Management, College of Home Science, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Gender, Handlooms, Income, Socio – economic status, Weaving Article Info Accepted: 07 February 2019 Available Online: 10 March 2019 Handloom sector is a leading sphere in the country after agriculture in providing direct and indirect employment to more than 43 lakh weavers and allied workers The present study was taken up to find out the socio economic status of handloom weavers Purposive random sampling method was used to select the 120durrie weavers from Warangal urban Income, educational qualification, and profession were taken into consideration to compute socioeconomic status Findings revealed that gender ratio in the occupation was3:1 Most of the young adult and middle aged women weavers were involved in weaving and the percentage was significantly higher than men weavers There was a significant positive relationship between socio economic status and BMI, r (118) = 0.0512, p