Open AccessExisting practices of rural women related to environmental sanitation
Author(s) -
Poree Saikia Gogoi,
Juliana Sharma
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environment conservation journal/environment conservation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-5124
pISSN - 0972-3099
DOI - 10.36953/ecj.2014.151221
Subject(s) - sanitation , schedule , socioeconomics , geography , sample (material) , multistage sampling , environmental health , environmental science , environmental engineering , medicine , statistics , sociology , mathematics , computer science , chemistry , chromatography , operating system
The present investigation was undertaken to study the existing Practices of rural women related to environmental sanitation. The study was conducted in six villages under Jorhat Development Block of Jorhat District of Assam. A sample of 100 respondents were selected randomly with probability proportional sampling technique and the data were collected with the help of interview schedule. The study revealed that the existing practices of non-tribal women were highly satisfactory then tribal women.