2.[18-23]Decision Making Power among Rural Women at Gross-Root Level

Research Journal of Finance and Accounting www. iiste. org ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online) Vol 2, No 5, 2011 18 | P a g e www. iiste. org Decision Making Power among Rural Women at Gross-Root Level Bhat Arshad Hussain Post Graduate Department... More

Research Journal of Finance and Accounting www. iiste. org ISSN 2222-1697 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2847 (Online) Vol 2, No 5, 2011 18 | P a g e www. iiste. org Decision Making Power among Rural Women at Gross-Root Level Bhat Arshad Hussain Post Graduate Department of Economics, University of Kashmir. Email bhatarshad09@gmail. com Nengroo Aasif Hussain Post Graduate Department of Economics, University of Kashmir. Email asifnengroo. ku@gmail. com Abstract In the present paper an attempt has been made to assess the role of women in the decision making process of household regarding expenditure at grocery, purchase of seeds, fertilizers, selecting the crop, harvesting of crops, hiring labor, weeding and threshing of crops. Also an attempt has been made to analyze how female respondents manage their household activities. Using multi-stage sampling our analysis reveals that women are only mere spectators in decision making regarding agricultural activities, as only eight percent respondents wer Less