Women &
Men in India
'Women & Men in India' is an annual publication brought out by CSO covering various facets of developments with special forms on Gender Issues. This publication serves the needs of planners, policy makers, researchers & other data users. In the latest issue of this publication, which pertains to the year 2001, time series data is given on a number of indicators of concern incorporating latest available information.
The
publication has been divided into following eight sections:
Population
vital statistics:
In this Section total population and proportion of female population to total
population, growth rate of male & female population and Marital Status wise
distribution of population has been presented. Besides data on mortality and
fertility rates etc. have also been provided with.
Health Status: Sound health & family planning services are important for the general well being of the women. Women are exposed to high risk of death due to pregnancy either due to under-nourishment or due to lack of proper attention at the time of delivery. This is supported by data presented in this section. In this section the data on the extent of use and prevalence of family planning methods have been presented. Information on the proper balanced diet i.e. daily average intake of energy and protein against recommended intake has also been presented.
Participation Women & Men in economy: Workforce participation rate of Women & Men differs in rural areas as compared to that of urban areas. The proportion of women employees is higher in private sector as compared to that in public sector. Gender based differences of choice & opportunities in various occupations is evident from the table showing industry and occupation-wise distribution of workers. Information is also presented about the average wage/salary received per day by women and men.
Educational Achievement: Literacy rate among women is in deficit as compared to that of men. In this section literacy rates by sex for States & UTs and by age has been presented. The enrolment level in different stages of school education and colleges in India have been shown. Drop out rate in different stages of school education has also been presented. The information about the major factors for male and female children not attending school is also presented.
Women’s participation in
Decision- making: In this section the extent of Women's Participation in making
household decisions and their participation in Politics, Judiciary and various
Central Government Services as well as in different levels of local government
bodies is depicted.
Social obstacles: It is difficult to acquire
accurate data on violence against women because of the social cultural &
legal barriers, lack of evidences and amount of secrecy & sensitivity
involved. There has been continuous rise in the incident of crimes committed
against women as well as those disposed off by police & by courts have been
depicted in figures. Incidence of
torture tops the list followed by the cases of kidnapping, abduction and rape.
International Comparison: On the basis of the data
available from UNDP Human Development
Reports, comparison of different
developed and developing countries in respect of various development indicators
including Human Development Index (HDI), Gender Development Index (GDI) and
Gender Empowerment Measure have been presented.
National Plan of Action for
Improvement of Statistics on Gender Issues: In this section, the current
status of implementation of various recommendations of the National Plan of
Action for Improvement of Statistics on Gender Issues have been given according
to each identified indicator along with the name of concerned agencies
responsible for data collection on that particular indicator.
Contact Person: Dr. Ravendra Singh
Director
Central Statistical Organisation
Ministry
of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Sardar
Patel Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New
Delhi-110001
Telephone: 3361685 Fax: 3342384