Year: 2025 | Month: December | Volume 70 | Issue 4
Factors Influencing Performance of Rural Women in Economic
and Non-economic Activities of Manipur State
Serto Sophiya Kom
Amod Sharma and S.H. Singh
DOI:10.46852/0424-2513.4.2025.5
Abstract:
Rural women play an essential role in sustaining household economies through their contribution in both economic and non economic activities. This study was conducted to determine the factors influencing rural women’s performance in opting different economic and non economic activities in Manipur. Data were collected from 320 rural women respondents from 2 districts of Manipur, viz; Churachandpur and Chandel. A structured interview schedule was used for data collection. A Multiple Linear Regression analysis was employed to determine the effect of independent variables such as age, education, marital status, household size, landholding, access to credit, training, experiences, access to market, decision making, income contributed by both men and women (in1000), social norms, social service, household size and family size on time spent by the rural women outside home (economic activities) and time spent by them at home (non-economic activities). Results revealed that some variables significantly influenced women’s performance, while others showed minimal effect.
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