A STUDY ON WORKING WOMEN AND THEIR EMPOWERMENT FOR DOMESTIC DECISION MAKING

PROJECT WORK SUBMITTED TO PSGR KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF COMMERCE OF BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY Submitte b! A"P"SHOBHANA #$%MCO%&'( U) e* t+e Gui ,)-e ./ M*0"S"SUJATHA"1 M"C.m #CA("1 M"P+i2"1

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This is to certify that this project entitled A STUDY ON WORKING WOMEN AND THEIR EMPOWERMENT FOR DOMESTIC DECISION MAKING, submitted to Bharathiar University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of aster of !ommerce is a record of the original wor" done by A"P"SHOBHANA #$%MCO%&'(, during her period of study in #$%& 'rishnammal !ollege (or )omen, !oimbatore, under my guidance and her project wor" has not formed the basis for the award of any Degree*Diploma*+ssociate ship*(ellow ship or similar title to any candidate of any university, (orwarded by, -----------------------------M*0" S" SUJATHA"1 M"C.m#CA("1 M"P+i2"1 F,-u2t! Gui e

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DECLARATION
/, A"P" SHOBHANA1 hereby declare that the project entitled A STUDY ON WORKING WOMEN AND THEIR EMPOWERMENT FOR DOMESTIC DECISION MAKING, submitted to Bharathiar University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of aster of !ommerce, is a record of original wor" done by me under the guidance of M*0"S"SUJATHA"1M"C.m#CA("1 M"P+i2"1 A00i0t,)t P*./e00.*1 Department of !ommerce 3#%4, #$%& 'rishnammal !ollege (or )omen, !oimbatore and this project wor" has not formed the basis for the award of any Degree*Diploma*+ssociate ship*(ellow ship or similar title to any candidate of any university,

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / than" %od for giving me strength and determination to complete the project 0u--e00/u22!" / e2press my deep gratitude to Smt"R"N,) i)i $ecretary #$%& 'rishnammal !ollege for )omen and the management for providing me an opportunity to underta"e the project wor", y special than"s to D*" #M*0"( N"Ye0. +, De?i for having provided the facilities for underta"ing the project wor", / wish to place on my records my sincere gratitude to M*0"R"Nit+!,", M"C.m"1M"C"A"1 M"P+i2"1 PGDCA"1 6ead of the Department of !ommerce for her motivation and providing me permission to do this project wor", / whole heartedly than" my guide M*0"S"Su@,t+,"1 M"C.m#CA("1M"P+i2"1 A00i0t,)t P*./e00.* for being so resourceful right from the beginning of this project and helped to bring out this project successfully amidst of all odds, / also e2press my sincere than"s to S"Kum,*1 .irtual Data !entre, !oimbatore for his valuable guidance and support in applying the statistical rolls, which enable me to complete the project successfully, / also than"ful all the faculty members of the department for their constant encouragement in pursuing my project wor", / would also li"e to than" my parents and friends who supported me by giving love and encouragement which / needed the most, / owe deep sense of gratitude to all of them,

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INTRODUCTION 7,7 $tatement of the problem 7,8 $cope of the study 7,9 0bjectives of the study 7,: ethodology of the study 7,; <imitations of the study 7,= &eview of literature 7,> !hapter scheme

II III IV

PROFILE OF THE STUDY ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION FINDINGS1 SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION

:,7 (indings :,8 $uggestions :,9 !onclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDI3

LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO 9,7 9,8 9,9 9,: 9,; 9,= 9,> 9,? 9,@ 9,7A 9,77 9,78 9,79 9,7: 9,7; 9,7= 9,7> 9,7? 9,7@ 9,8A TITLE Table showing the age group of the respondents Table showing the table showing educational qualification Table showing type of family respondents Table showing the type of family Table showing the family members in a family Table showing the wor"ing women Table showing the occupation of spouse Table showing the monthly income of wor"ing women Table showing the family budget Table showing the children education Table showing the savings and investments Table showing the spending aspects Table showing the health and medicine Table showing the leisure activities Table showing the purchase of home appliances Table showing giving away gifts to others Table showing #ersonal Beeds <evel of satisfaction about real estate property +B0.+ for +ge versus level of satisfaction +B0.+ for satisfaction level score C age PAGE NO 7> 7> 7? 7? 7@ 7@ 8A 87 87 88 8: 8= 8? 9A 97

9,87 9,88 9,89 9,8: 9,8; 9,8= 9,8>

+B0.+ for education versus level of satisfaction +B0.+ for no, of family members versus level of satisfaction +B0.+ for occupation versus level of satisfaction +B0.+ for monthly income versus level of satisfaction +B0.+ for occupation of spouse versus level of satisfaction +B0.+ for monthly income of spouse versus level of

satisfaction tDTest showing type of family versus level of satisfaction

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CHART NO 9,@,7 9,77,8 9,78,9 Bumber of family budget $avings and investment $pending aspects TITLE PAGE NO 7> 7> 7?