Since October 2014, the Government of India has worked towards a goal of eliminating open defecation by 2019 through the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). In June 2014, we reported the results of a survey of rural sanitation behaviour in north India. Here, we report results from a late 2018 survey...

Since October 2014, the Government of India has worked towards a goal of eliminating open defecation by 2019 through the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). In June 2014, we reported the results of a survey of rural sanitation behaviour in north India. Here, we report results from a late 2018 survey...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on research method guidelines for anthropological data collecting and analysis of the interrelationships between rural women's roles and population dynamicsin India - identifies topics, and includes questionnaires useful for interviewing rural area households to...

Working paper comprising a case study on the economic role of low income rural women, especially as women workers employed in subsistence farming in Andra Pradesh, India. Covers labour force participation, sexual division of labour, sex discrimination in land tenure and occupational structure,...

Working paper comprising an evaluation of data collecting techniques relating to labour force participation of women workers in developing countries. Discusses census and survey practices and typical questions asked. Attributes under-reporting of the economic role of rural women to questionnaire...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, rural employment policy research programme on agricultural income in India - examines wages of agricultural workers and farmer household income; analyses rural area labour force participation incl. Rural women, land tenure, consumer expenditure, etc.; covers wage...