Education status of Sample Household Members Number of persons Education status Marginal Small Medium Large Total Illiterate
18(10.5)
20(11.6)
9(10.8)
6(9.1)
53(10.8)
Primary 44(25.7)
39(22.5)
12(14.5)
9(13.6)
104(21.1)
Secondary 59(34.5)
51(29.5)
31(37.3)
22(33.3)
163(33.1)
SSLC, PDC
43(25.1)
49(28.3)
21(25.3)
18(27.3)
131(26.5) Degree
7(4.1)
14(8.1)
10(12.0)
11(16.7)
42(8.5) Total
171(100.0) 173(100.0)
83(100.0)
66(100.0)
493(100.0)
Note: Percentages are given in brackets It is also observed that out of the 90 sample paddy farmers 27
persons have passed SSLC and 5 among them are graduates. From the remaining 63 farmers, 46 farmers are school dropouts at the high school level and 17 farmers had discontinued their formal education at the primary level itself.
3.2.4 Employment status and occupation Rate of unemployment is found to be comparatively higher among the farmer households in the study area. Out of a total workforce of 188 persons
from the sample households, 32 persons are unemployed and 156 persons are employed. Number of voluntarily unemployed persons in the age group of 15 to 60 is found to be 107, which amounts to 36.27 percent of the total number of persons in this age group.
It includes students, housewives and physically handicapped and mentally invalid persons. Rate of unemployment among the total workforce is estimated as 17.89 percent. Compared to the marginal
and large farmer households, the problem of unemployment is more severe in small and medium farmer households. Labour force status of the four categories of sample households is given in table 3.9
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