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PROJECT SYNOPSIS
Title of the project
A STUDY ON ALCOHOLIC EFFECTS FACED BY WOMEN
AND CHILDREN IN THE FAMILIES, CUDDALORE DISTRICT

Introduction
Alcoholism is an age old phenomenon of species of homosapians.
The period of origin of alcoholism is not exactly known and it could be
assumed that primitive man who happened to experience the effect of
alcohol, started consuming alcohol which became a habit later.

Alcoholism is harmful not only for the individual but also for his
family and the society at large. The difficulty in alcoholics is that once a
man starts drinking he becomes addicted to it and increases its dose,
which has a very harmful effect both on the individual as well as the
society.

A healthy life organization can only be erected upon the basis of

normal and healthy social relationships. But excessive alcoholsm
dismantles modifies these relationships. The excessive drinker may
cause inconvenience to his home, his family and his occupation. When
under the influence of alcohol he may be talkative or gloomily silent.

In this context the definition of Mark Kellor is more appropriate.

According to him “Alcoholism is a chronic illness of psycho-somatic
which manifest itself as a disorder of behaviour. It is characterized by a
repeated drinking of alcoholic beverages to an extent that exceed
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customary directory and the social customs of the community and that
interferes with the drinkers health, social and economic functioning”.

The factors that influence alcoholism are many. The association of

two or more than two factors, breaks down the individual which
ultimately results in alcoholism in many cases. No particular factor can
be said as the cause for the alcoholism because the causes differ from
one person to another.

It is in view of some scientists that alcoholism is a maladaptive

pattern of adjustment to the stress of life, and some other experts, focus
on socio-cultural factors such as availability of alcohol and social
approval or disapproval of excessive drinking.

In general view alcoholism has become a menace to our socio-

economic development of our nation. For instance an industrial alcoholic
is responsible for the loss of production, and the same leads to poor
image of industry and industrial harmony. Unless we probe into the
circumstances which made them alcoholics, it is very difficult to solve
the problem especially in industries. Retardation of industrial growth
directly affects the development of the nation. The problem of alcoholism
is seen mainly in industries in large quantities.

The industry expects work efficiently from its labourers to increase

the outputs and to maximize the productivity. But addicted labour fails
to concentrate his attention on his work efficiently.

The alcoholic behaviour is one very increasing menace among the

industrial workers. Unless this problem is solved other attempts of
human empowerment will be a fiasco.
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Objectives of the study

1. To analyse the socio-economic conditions of the Cuddalore District
2. To know the level of awareness of alcoholism in the study area.
3. To know the intensity of in take of alcohol.
4. To assess the impact of alcoholism in family, social and health
related problems.

Research Methodology
Universe and Selection of Samples
The study is to be based the primary data which will be collected
from 100 respondents belonging study areas of Cuddalore District
sample respondents for the study is selected from the study area. The
selection of samples will be through stratified random sampling. Total
number of respondents for the study is 100.

Tools of data collection

Generally, the tool interview schedule and interview guide are
employed for fieldwork. The researcher will make of use of interview
schedule because the most respondent are illiterates. The interview
schedule consists of two parts, the first part other wise called
introductory part contains the questions on the personal objectives about
the respondents such as age, sex, monthly income of the family etc.

Data collection
The investigator will visit the different villages in the study area
and select respondents and explain the purpose and nature of study to
them. So all the respondents to be met in their residences. To the
happiness of the investigators, all the respondents may respond properly
to the expectations of the investigator.
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The secondary data will also collected from the other dissertations
publications, book etc.

Data processing
After the collection of data through interview is over, the researcher
will start data processing. They will be then edited, code number will be
given and the codified data may be transformed to a sheet served to
prepare tables for such items as age, sex, monthly income of parents and
the different variables required for analysis.

Data analysis
With the aid of the tables the statistical averages for different items
will be calculated. In terms of the percentage, explanations will be given
then regarding the characteristics and responses of the respondents.
Thus the socio-economic condition and occupational status of the
respondent’s family awareness on health condition, role of education on
and economic conditions may be clearly found out and written in the
form of a project report.