Where do Women Spend Time? A Micro-level Study of Shopian and Kulgam Districts, India
Keywords:
Time-use, Unpaid work, Paid work, SNA, Non-SNA, Ex-SNAAbstract
Time use surveys capture women’s work that does not figure in conventional System of National Accounts. The definition of work which is captured by the surveys involves paid remuneration. Women, however, perform multiple activities both inside and outside households which are neither paid nor recognised. Time-use surveys provide an alternative to capture, estimate and value women’s work. The present paper uses the time-use survey to estimate women’s work in two districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Women in the districts spend more time in Ex-SNA and non-SNA activities. The paper comes to conclusion that shift in cropping pattern towards cash crops and mechanisation of agriculture coupled with low non-agricultural employment opportunities is the cause of women spending much more time in Ex-SNA and non-SNA.
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