Women and occupational transformation: An analysis of three generation rural and urban women in Kashmir

Women's economic participation is fundamental to strengthening women's rights and enabling women to have control over their lives and exert influence in society or creating just and equitable societies is remotely probable in community. Previous research demonstrates a negative relationship between worklessness and outcomes for children over and above what would be expected due to other factors, such as material deprivation and low income. This underlines the importance of supporting parents to move into the labour market. Thus the present study compares the occupational transformation of three generation women in Kashmir. The study highlights the relative chances of rural and urban women and implications of past generation on the present generation. The study is based on 450 respondents’ choosen by stratified random sampling. Firstly sample was stratified among three generations given equal representation of 150 respondents and then choosen randomly from each generation. An interview schedule was utilized for the collection of data. The findings of study suggest that experience offered a chance of psychological growth and development to have beneficial consequences.