Gender Differences among Different Social Groups in West Bengal : A Geographical Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-142
Author(s):  
Uttam Kumar Roy ◽  
Md Mustaquim ◽  
Rajani Khatun
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Geographical Study

Gender Bias in Education Expenditure among Religious and Social Groups: A Case Study for Below Class 10 Level in West Bengal

2021 ◽  
pp. 097674792110464
Author(s):  
Chayanika Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Education Expenditure ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
The Social

This article attempts to capture gender bias in education expenditure among the religious (Hindu, Muslim and others) and the social groups (SC, ST and General) in West Bengal. Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition technique is used to obtain gender bias for a specific demographic group. Further, an attempt has been made to identify the religious or social groups with the acute problem of gender bias. In this work, 71st round (January–June 2014) education expenditure data (individual level) provided by NSSO (National Sample Survey Office) is used. JEL: I24, R1, C55

scholarly journals Estimation of stature from percutaneous length of tibia amongst Bengalee population-an observational study in a teaching institution in West Bengal, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1653
Author(s):  
Tapas Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Long Bones ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Teaching Institution ◽  
And Gender

Background: Assessment of stature from measurement of percutaneous body parts is important for identification. This assessment can be done from long bones, especially tibia and femur. Tibia is ideal in this context as it is subcutaneous, and measurement is easy. Various regression equations correlating stature with percutaneous length of tibia (PCLT) are outdated, incorrect or inappropriate. So, the present study aimed at finding a recent relationship, and if possible, correlation between PCLT and stature.Methods: PCLT and stature of 470 subjects of Burdwan district, West Bengal, India, were recorded.Results: New regression equations were derived from the data, taking into consideration the racial, geographic, secular and gender differences. After determining that PCLT and stature were related and positively correlated, the newly formulated regression equations were evaluated and found to be statistically significant.Conclusions: The new regression equations derived from this study could be employed for more accurate estimation of stature.

scholarly journals Social-Psychological Adaptation and Aggressiveness in Early Adolescence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Smorkalova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
The World

The article contains empirical findings regarding the correlation between aggressiveness and social-psychological adaptation in adolescents. In today’s world, the issue of aggression and violence remains relevant. To date, the world has faced a complex situation due to economic, ecological, and social problems, which preconditions a rapid rise in human aggressive behaviour. The issue of aggressive behaviour is of particular urgency among adolescents. Many of the factors underlying aggression in adolescence have not yet been sufficiently substantiated in the scientific community. Such insufficiently studied phenomena include the correlation between aggressiveness and social-psychological adaptation. Social-psychological adaptation means a personal state allowing to attain mutual contentment of a person and social environment. Empirical findings have revealed a correlation between aggressiveness and social-psychological adaptation. It was found that the more aggression and its various forms are expressed, the more maladaptivity is manifested in young adolescents. However, positive associations were found between forms of aggression and components of adolescent socio- psychological adjustment. In this case, aggression can act as a compensating factor for maladaptation. Further studies of the correlation between aggressiveness and social-psychological adaptation comprises, firstly, research into gender differences in the correlation between aggressiveness and social-psychological adaptation, and secondly, studies in other ages and social groups of respondents.

Beyond “women and youth”: Applying intersectionality in agricultural research for development

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-325
Author(s):  
Katie Tavenner ◽  
Todd A Crane
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Dairy Production ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Gender Power ◽  
Shed Light

“Women and youth” targets are commonly homogenized both in development discourse and in programmatic targeting. While this framing aims to recognize the customary inequities in agricultural development activities traditionally oriented toward elder men, the homogenization of these categories does not capture the intra-gender differences between these social groups. We explore the utility of intersectionality as an applied analytic concept in agricultural research for development to shed light on the heterogeneity of these social groups and the gender power relations that mediate farmer engagement with agriculture. Drawing on qualitative interview data from the Tanzanian dairy sector, this study applies intersectional analysis to explore how gender, generation, and marital status create power relationships that influence farmers’ positioning to engage in dairy production, institutions, and processes. We find that applying intersectionality helps us understand not only intersecting inequalities but also the fundamentally different experiences and power outcomes that occur at these intersections.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Educational Attainment among Different Social Groups in Some Selected Mouzas of Saltora C.D. Block of Bankura District, West Bengal, India: An Empirical Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-90
Author(s):  
Krishnendu Maji ◽  
Sumana Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
School Level ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Scheduled Castes ◽  
Bankura District

Education plays multifarious instrumental roles in the realisation of certain ends both at individual and societal level. A large number of research works carried out in and outside India have identified and established a whole range of externalities produced by education such as raising human capital beyond individual level. Despite debates on economic returns to education, most scholars agreed about the positive impact of education upon economic return. The present study has mainly focused on a comparative analysis in attainment of education among three different social groups that is, scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST) and other non-scheduled castes at school level. This is a micro-level empirical study focusing on one of the least developed Community Development Block (CDB) of Bankura district in West Bengal. The analysis of the study reveals that disadvantaged social groups—SCs and STs are the marginalised depressed classes experiencing high level of educational deprivation compared to that of other communities. One has to note that affiliation to a particular caste can no longer be tagged as a sole determinant of relative backwardness. So what is called for is a careful stratification of the community on the basis of socio-economic attributes so as to diagnose the problem of the community at hand properly. The study uses logistic regression as an analytical tool to probe net effects of the predictor variables including castes on enrolment and discontinuation rates for the study area as a whole as well as for boys and girls separately. It is important to note that when other variables are controlled, the net effect of caste factor becomes statistically inconsequential either on enrolment or on discontinuation or dropouts. Rather, it is the combination of several socio-economic factors that are taken together which pulls down the enrolment of ST and SC children vis-a-vis those belonging to others non-scheduled castes.

scholarly journals Impact of Different Type and Frequency of Social Participation on Depressive Symptoms Among Older Chinese Adults: Is There a Gender Difference?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujuan Xiao ◽  
Huang Lin ◽  
Chongbang Zhao ◽  
Xiao Zheng ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Chinese Adults ◽  
Older Chinese ◽  
Older Chinese Adults

Objectives: Social participation may prevent depressive symptoms in older adults. But research to date ignores gender differences in the associations between social participation and depressive symptoms. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of different type and frequency of social participation on depressive symptoms, as well as if there is a gender difference in these correlations among older Chinese adults.Methods: Data was obtained from adults aged 60 years or above in the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, a nationally representative sample of older adults in China. Depressive symptoms were measured using CESD-10. Social participation included participation in social groups, hobby groups, sports groups, and community-related organizations. The independent relationships between each type of social participation and depressive symptoms were assessed using multiple linear regression models.Results: A total of 6,287 older adults were included in this analysis, of whom 49.69% were women. Participating in social groups, sports groups, and community-related organizations with a frequency of one or more per week was all linked to better mental health. Furthermore, our findings suggest that the positive relationship between participation in social groups, hobby groups, and community-related organizations and depressive symptoms is more flexible for older men than for women.Conclusions: Older individuals who participate in social participation at a high frequency may have better mental health. The findings provide novel insights into mental health from the standpoint of social participation in older adults. Gender differences in the associations between social participation and depressive symptoms need to be considered when formulating interventions to prevent depression.

Attitudes and cooperation: does gender matter in community-based forest management?

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 594-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biswajit Ray ◽  
Promita Mukherjee ◽  
Rabindra N. Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Norms ◽  
The Commons ◽  
People’S Attitudes

AbstractDoes gender matter in people's attitudes and cooperation in community-based natural resource management? If so, how do gender differences in conservation-related attitudes help or hinder sustaining the commons? Since biases ingrained in community norms and expectations often exclude women from decision making in co-management, it is imperative to find plausible answers to these queries in order to understand gender relations and cooperation in co-management. To this end, the authors conducted psychometric surveys and trust experiments on 196 forest-dependent households in West Bengal, India during 2009–2010. The findings suggest that, despite an overall negative perception about women's involvement in co-management, women are more conservation friendly and pro-social than men. It is also noticed that forest biomass and forest incomes as the indicators of sustainability have increased in those forest communities where women's proportional strength as decision makers is greater and people hold an overall positive conservation attitude.

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