What the parents think about the future of their young sons in farming: A case of haryana

The present study was carried out by using exploratory research design in the Hisar district of Haryana comprising nine blocks. Two villages from each block (18 villages) and from each village, five households were selected purposively having living father and his own young son between age of 15–29 yrs engaged in farming making a total of 180 respondents (90 son and 90 parents from 90 households). They were personally interviewed through two different interview schedules. The study revealed that majority of the parents as respondents belonged to low socio economic status. Respondents (parents and son) were classified as per their educational, occupational, economic, social and career aspiration for their children. Post graduation was the highest aspirations of 61.1 per cent parents followed by professional degree revealed by 21.1 per cent parents. On the contrary 48.89 per cent youth aspired for graduation as highest qualification followed by post graduation. Parents and sons had high aspirations for getting high income jobs and did not vary in their economic aspirations. Social aspirations were also found almost same of parents towards their children and sons towards themselves, both wished to be respectable as their major social aspiration. For sons, economic aspirations were at the top followed by educational and social aspirations whereas parents wished that their children should complete the highest education first and then should go for earn money. 52.20 per cent respondents (parents) did not desire to continue to remain their children in farming activities and more than 80 per cent sons wanted to be migrated from the village first to fulfil their aspirations by living in the urban areas. High and significant correlation was found between the attitude of parents towards their children in farming and attitude of sons towards farming and revealed moderately favourable attitude towards farming.