Open AccessSociodemographic profile of workers in the mining industry of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan, India
Author(s) -
Pankaja Raghav,
Abhishek Jaiswal,
Manoj Kumar Gupta,
S. Esakki Rajavel,
Diksha Dhupar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_288_19
Subject(s) - functional illiteracy , socioeconomic status , demography , medicine , statistical software , family income , environmental health , socioeconomics , population , economic growth , mathematics , statistics , sociology , political science , law , economics
Mining industry has grown sharply to satisfy demands of metal and minerals for rising infrastructure. Mining is hazardous, although it is among major occupations in India involving large work force. This study was conducted to assess sociodemographic profile of sandstone mine workers in Jodhpur and to identify their major social issues.