Comparison of Time Utilization of Urban, Rural and Tribal Farmwomen in Daily Routine Activities

Abstract

The study was carried out from two agro–climatic zones of Maharashtra. Nanded district was selected from Central Maharashtra Plateau zone and Nagpur district was selected from Central Vidarbha zone. This research consists sample of 600 farm women 200 each from urban, rural and tribal areas. In the present study, time spending pattern of the respondents from urban, rural and tribal areas was compared for daily routine activities. Time spending of the respondent for daily routine activities was recorded for 24 hours. This was noted for peak period and slack period. As regards time utilization in daily routine activities, it was noted that women from all the three areas spent maximum time on farming or farm related activities and kitchen work in peak period whereas in slack period they spent maximum time on kitchen work and on extra household work. Urban women spent minimum time on grazing animals and collection of fuel wood/making dung cakes during peak period and they spent minimum time on cash earning outside home (service) and grazing animals in slack period. As far as rural women were concerned, it was seen that minimum time spent by them in peak period was on grazing animals and on other activities while in slack period, they spent minimum time on cash earning outside home (service) and on other activities. In case of tribal women, it was observed that they spent minimum time in peak period on the other activities and grazing animals whereas in slack period they found to be spending minimum time on the activities like, grazing animals and cash earning outside home (service).