Empirical Study of Intergeneration Transmission of Factors among the Women Working in the Informal Sector

Abstract

Women workers in Informal sector contribute significantly towards the transmission of physical, financial, economic, social and cultural factors intergeneration. The attempts to give insight into how the factors such as economic condition, living conditions, basic amenities, reason for work, status in family financial conditions, social and working conditions are transmitted and how significant is the contribution of attributes when they worked as a child, and as an adult. The working women in Informal sectors have neither change nor significant improvement in the factors under consideration despite working as child, adult and as they grew old. The objective of the paper is to find out the intergeneration transmission of factors depending on the stage of generation among the working women in Informal sectors. The research methodology adopted is descriptive and explanatory in approach. Primary data has been collected through structured interview schedule. The sample size is 485 female workers working in Informal sector. The research paper has implications for managers and researchers.