Female labour force activity in developing countries: a critique of current data collection techniques.

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 design, the higher social class and sex of interviewers and sex-proxy status of sample respondents (males). Proposes four definitions of manpower. Based on a case study of India, shows research variations. Bibliography.

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Year of publication:	1983
Authors:	R, Anker
Institutions:	International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations
Subject:	WEP pub \| data collecting \| technique \| labour force participation \| women workers \| developing countries \| census \| survey \| economic role \| rural women \| questionnaire \| social class \| sex \| interview \| sample \| men \| definition \| labour force \| case study \| India \| research \| bibliography \| pub PME \| collecte des données \| taux d'activité \| travailleuses \| pays en développement \| recensement \| enquête \| rôle économique \| femmes rurales \| classe sociale \| sexe \| échantillon \| hommes \| définition \| main-d'oeuvre \| étude de cas \| Inde \| recherche \| bibliographie \| recopilación de datos \| técnica \| tasa de actividad de mano de obra \| trabajadoras \| países en desarrollo \| censo \| encuesta \| papel económico \| mujeres rurales \| cuestionario \| clase social \| sexo \| entrevista \| muestra \| hombres \| definición \| mano de obra \| estudio de casos \| investigación \| bibliografía

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ILO Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Population and Labour Policies Programme working paper series 80 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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