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HOUSES, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES & ASSETS AMONG FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS

HOUSES, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES & ASSETS AMONG FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS. HIGHLIGHTS FROM CENSUS 2011. D R. C. CHANDRAMOULI Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Tables on Houses, Household Amenities & Assets.

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HOUSES, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES & ASSETS AMONG FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS

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  1. HOUSES, HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES & ASSETS AMONG FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS HIGHLIGHTS FROM CENSUS 2011 DR. C. CHANDRAMOULIRegistrar General & Census Commissioner, India

  2. Tables on Houses, Household Amenities & Assets • After the conclusion of Census of India 2011, Tables on Houses, Household Amenities and Assets have been released in March 2012 • Selected tables from the above compilation are now released classified by sex of the Head of the Households for the first time in the history of Census. • These tables will help to provide an insight into the living conditions of the Female Headed Households in the country.

  3. Today’s ReleaseTables on Houses, Household Amenities & Assetsfor Female Headed Households (FHHs) • Predominant materials of roof and wall • Predominant material of floor • Type of structure of the census house occupied • Ownership status, Household size and number of dwelling room • Source and location of drinking water and availability of electricity & latrine • Availability of bathing facility and type of drainage connectivity for waste water outlet • Availability of separate kitchen and fuel used for cooking • Availability of type of latrine facility • Availing banking services and households having each of the specified assets

  4. Today’s ReleaseTables on Houses, Household Amenities & Assetsfor Female Headed Households (FHHs) • All these tables are available for • Total population, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes • Total, Rural and Urban residence • Level: Country, State, District, Sub-district, Town • Up to District level for SC/ST Tables

  5. Definition of a ‘Household’ • A 'household' is usually a group of persons who normally live together and take their meals from a common kitchen unless the exigencies of work prevent any of them from doing so. • The persons in a household may be related or unrelated or a mix of both.

  6. Definition of a ‘Head of the Household’ • The head of the household for Census purposes is a person who is recognized as such in the household. • She or he is generally the person who bears the chief responsibility for the maintenance of the household and takes decisions on behalf of the household. • The head of the household need not necessarily be the eldest male member.

  7. SUMMARY FINDINGS

  8. Summary of Findings - 1 • There are about 27 million female headed households in the country. They constitute 10.9% of the total households in the country.

  9. Summary of Findings - 2 • 43.7% of households in Lakshadweep and 23% households in Kerala have a female as head

  10. Summary of Findings - 3 • About 49 lakh Single Member Female HHs are there in the country. Three-fourth of them live in rural areas and the remaining in urban areas of the country.

  11. Summary of Findings - 4 • In seven major States, the proportion of Single Member Female Headed HH is more than 20%: • Chhattisgarh 29.9% • Madhya Pradesh 24.9% • Tamil Nadu 26.1% • Andhra Pradesh 27.1% • Maharashtra 22.2% • Odisha 22.1% • Gujarat 20.4%

  12. Summary of Findings -5 • Larger proportion of Female Headed Households live in ‘No exclusive room’ and in ‘One room’ dwelling units compared to Male Headed Households. • The household sizes in case of Female Headed Households tend to be smaller than the Male Headed Households. • The proportions of households possessing different assets is lower in case of Female Headed HHs in comparison to Male Headed HH.

  13. Classification of Households by Sex of the Head of the Households

  14. Classification of Households by Sex of the Head of the Households INDIA (HH in %)

  15. Less than 10.00% Female Headed HHs in: • Haryana (9.5%) • Gujarat (9%) • Chandigarh (8.9%) • Jharkhand (8.6%) • UP (8.3%) • MP (8%) • J&K (7.9%) • Bihar (7.4%) • DNH (5%) • Rajasthan (4.0%)

  16. Proportion of Female Headed Households among Total, SC and ST India

  17. Classification of Households by Sex of the Head of the Households

  18. Proportion of Female Headed Households States, 2011, 2001 – All Areas TOP 5 BOTTOM 5

  19. Proportion of Female Headed Households States, Total 2001 2011

  20. Proportion of Female Headed Households States, 2011, 2001 - Rural TOP 5 BOTTOM 5

  21. Proportion of Female Headed Households States, 2011, 2001 - Rural 2001 2011

  22. Proportion of Female Headed Households States, 2011, 2001 - Urban TOP 5 BOTTOM 5

  23. Reasons for emergence of Female Headed Households * The broad range of domestic situations typically characterized by the absence of a resident male head, viz, widowhood, divorce, separation and desertion Migration of male members for long periods Loss of economic function by resident males due to severe unemployment, disability, illness and male reluctance to accept jobs seen as status reducing, etc. Households with no mature sons Sons residing in independent nuclear units. * - Source: Mayra Buvinic, Nadia H Yousaefet aI, Women-Headed Households: The Ignored Factor in Development Planning, International Centre for Research on Women, Washington, DC, 1978. (Quoted by Lakshmi Lingam ‘Women-Headed Households : Coping with Caste, Class and Gender Hierarchies’, Economic & Political Weekly: Mar 19, 1994

  24. Census 2001 - INDIA HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HHs (in %)

  25. Data on Houses, Household Amenities & Assets – Census 2011

  26. Housing Condition – India, 2011 TYPE OF CENSUS HOUSES

  27. Housing Condition – India, 2011 TYPE OF CENSUS HOUSES

  28. Housing Condition – India, 2011 Temporary Census House (FHH in %) Temporary: Houses with wall and roof made of temporary material. For example, Wall can be made of Grass, Thatch, Bamboo etc., Plastic, Unburnt brick or Wood and Roof can be made of Grass, Thatch, Bamboo, Wood, Mud, Plastic or Polythene.

  29. Availability of Amenities– Source of Drinking Water, India

  30. Availability of Amenities– Source of Drinking Water, India

  31. Availability of Amenities – Number of Dwelling Rooms India

  32. Availability of Amenities – Number of Dwelling Rooms India

  33. Number of Dwelling Rooms(No Exclusive Room) Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes TOTAL

  34. Number of Dwelling Rooms(One Room) Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes TOTAL

  35. Availability of Amenities – INDIA No Latrine Within Premises (HH %) Female Headed HH INDIA – 51.7%

  36. Availability of Amenities – INDIA Having Bathing Facility Within Premises (HH %) Female Headed HH INDIA – 59.4%

  37. Availability of Amenities – INDIA Fuel Used For Cooking HEALTH ISSUES

  38. Household Size - INDIA

  39. Household Size - INDIA

  40. Household Size(One Person) Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes TOTAL

  41. Availing Banking Services- INDIA(Female Headed HH in %) Female Headed HH INDIA – 53.4%

  42. Possession of Assets - INDIA

  43. Possession of Assets - INDIA

  44. Possession of Assets(Television) Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes TOTAL

  45. Possession of Assets(No Asset) Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes TOTAL

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