Cite this article:
Kalaimathi (1990). The Economics Of One And Two- Earner Families In Kodaikanal Township Quid-Ed-Milleth District Tamil Nadu. Journal of Ravishankar University (Part-A: SOCIAL-SCIENCE), 3(1), pp.38-42.
Journal
of Ravishankar University Vol. 01 No. A
(Science) 1990 pp.38-42 ISSN
0970 5910
The Economics Of
One And Two- Earner Families In Kodaikanal
Township
Quid-Ed-Milleth District Tamil Nadu
A Kalaimathi
Department of Economics,
Mother Teresa Women’s University
13, Race Course Road, Guindy,
Madras 600032 Tamil Nadu
MS received: 5.7.90;
Revised 4.9.90
1.
Introduction: In
India as elsewhere the emergence of the two-carner family
has bccn a
dircct consequence of the increase in female
participation in the urban
labour force. During the past two decades
the Urban labour force
participation rates have
increased from 7.18% in 1971 of
the total female population to
10.64% of the same
in 1981 (Sinha 1982). The two-
earner family, be it share family or nuclear family,
differs significantly from its
one earner counterpart. The
difference is not merely in the
number of earners. The twoearner
households have higher money incomes;
they are smaller and less
likely to include small
children, they have less adult
leisure time and
their transformation of money income
into service flows differs because of differences in l. Income
levels 2. cost o[ employment 3. Various
household techiqucs and 4.
Different spending patterns (Mattaei, 1980). The present study "Economics of One- Earned and
Two-Earned houschlds in
Kodaikanal Township, aims at
testi DXng the economic effects of wivc’s labour force
participation on household consumption and production patterns. The
following hypotheses arc
being tested for
their validity in
Indian Conditions These hypotheses
were put forward by Myra. H. Strobcr
and
verified for validity under American conditions.(stroblr 1977) (1) On the
average, wive's earnings
tend to raise the
income of the
working wife families to the level of non- working wife families' incomes in the
same life cycle group. (2)
Total family income held constant,
the consumption per income
Ratio ( c/y Ratio) is higher for
working wife families than non- working
wife families. (3)Total
family income held constant,
the consumption of durable goods
to income ratio (Dur/Y)
is same for working wife and non- working
families.
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