A study of socio-economic status of widows in kurunjipadi village cuddalore district of tamil nadu

A Woman plays an important part in the family as a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister and so on. She is a manager on her family and motivating the husband, children for a teacher, a coordinator and fulfilling the basic needs of her family. Poverty, negligence and gender discrimination is the main reason that affected the lower socio-economic status of women development in India. In rural areas most of the women have less access to health care due to insufficient income. Most of the village women’s are house wife and work in farm field and allied activities for their livelihood. The research is focused on socio-economic status of widow population in Kurunjipadi village and problems faced by widows in the study areas. Forty five widows of different age groups were selected with the help of random sampling method. Interview schedule and observation method were also used for the data collection. It is found that a husband die and leave or a divorce of a women faced discrimination from the family and community. It is observed from the research studies, most of the widows earning from working in agricultural field and daily workers. More than half of the respondents are illiterate and unskilled. These are the causes of widows poor in the research area. Therefore, it is necessary to provide training in traditional vocational skills like tailoring, weaving, garland making, artificial flower making and so on. These will create job opportunity and starting small and micro business skills, also developed socio-economic status of widows in the village.