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FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS


a. The broad range of domestic situations typically characterized by the absence of a resident male head, viz, widowhood, divorce, separation and desertion.

b. Migration of male members for long periodsc. Loss of economic function by resident males due to severe

unemployment, disability, illness and male reluctance to accept jobs seen as status reducing, etc.

d. Households with no mature sonse. 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

Reasons for emergence of Female Headed Households *

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.


INDIA MADHYA PRADESH

Number of female headed households (FHHH)

27 million 1.2 million

Percent to total Households 10.90% 8.00%

Proportion of Rural to Total (FHHH) 64.90% 66.70%

Single Member Female HHs and Proportion to Total (FHHH)

49 lakhs 18.30% 3 lakhs 24.90%

Total & Female Headed Household: India & Madhya Pradesh


India Madhya PradeshIndicator Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban

Female Headed HH (Total)

10.9 10.4 12.0 8.0 7.2 10.4

Female Headed HH (SC)

11.3 10.6 13.4 8.9 7.9 12.0

Female Headed HH (ST)

11.2 10.6 14.5 8.5 8.0 14.9

Proportion of Female Headed Households among Total, SC and ST : India & Madhya Pradesh


State/UTs Proportion State/UTs ProportionINDIA

Top five Bottom fiveChhattisgarh 29.9 Lakshadweep 3.1Madhya Pradesh 24.9 Manipur 6.3Tamil Nadu 26.1 Meghalaya 6.8Andhra Pradesh 27.1 Punjab 6.9Maharashtra 22.2 J & K 7.3

MADHYA PRADESH District Proportion District Proportion

Top five Bottom five Panna 36.4 Alirajpur 8.2 Damoh 35.2 Gwalior 10.3 Rajgarh 34.5 Indore 12.6 Shahdol 33.9 Bhopal 14 Neemuch 33.4 Bhind 14.6

Proportion of Single Member Female Headed HHs


India Madhya Pradesh

Type of Census Houses

Female Headed HH% Female Headed HH%

Total SC ST Total SC ST

Permanent 60.5 55.8 33.4 40.7 37.5 19.5

Semi permanent

26.2 26.9 48.1 49.1 51.6 64.8

Temporary 13.3 17.3 18.4 10.2 10.9 15.7

TYPE OF CENSUS HOUSES


Material of Roof : Female headed households

TilesPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 49.11 49.45

Rural 60.85 64.69

Urban 15.18 18.92


Stone/SlatePercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 12.79 10.76

Rural 11.38 7.75

Urban 16.89 16.81



ConcretePercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 16.86 16.10

Rural 7.29 5.37

Urban 44.55 37.58



No exclusive room One room Two rooms Percentage Share Percentage Share Percentage Share

Total Female Headed Total Female

Headed Total Female Headed

Total 2.46 3.11 39.56 44.64 32.5429.42

Rural 2.85 3.86 44.52 53.25 32.6227.93

Urban 1.35 1.59 25.23 27.39 32.332.41

Availability of Dwelling rooms: Madhya Pradesh


One Two Three



Total 4.31 24.94 10.84 15.18 11.9 15.52

Rural 4.56 30.65 11.83 16.08 11.84 15.24

Urban 3.59 13.5 7.99 13.37 12.07 16.08

Percentage Share of Household Size: Madhya Pradesh


Tap waterPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 23.36 29.31

Rural 9.94 11.22

Urban 62.20 65.53

Main source of Drinking Water: Madhya Pradesh


WellPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 19.99 18.11

Rural 25.01 24.49

Urban 5.46 5.34

Percentage share among Female headed households are slightly low compare to Total households.



Hand pumpPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 47.07 43.91

Rural 58.29 58.68

Urban 14.62 14.32



Within Premises Near Premises Away Premises

Percentage Share Percentage Share Percentage Share



Total 23.9 24.4 45.58 45.3 30.52 30.31

Rural 13.01 11.39 50.93 51.03 36.06 37.58

Urban 55.41 50.44 30.09 33.82 14.5 15.73

Availability of Drinking Water: Madhya Pradesh


ElectricityPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 67.11 66.45

Rural 58.25 54.34

Urban 92.73 90.71

Main source of Lighting: Madhya Pradesh


Within PremisesPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 28.82 31.32

Rural 13.12 11.80

Urban 74.22 70.40

Availability of Latrine: Madhya Pradesh


Owned Rented Other

Percentage Share Percentage Share Percentage Share



Total 90.88 88.72 6.7 7.5 2.43 3.78

Rural 96.56 94.14 1.71 2.39 1.73 3.47

Urban 74.45 77.87 21.11 17.73 4.44 4.4

Ownership: Madhya Pradesh


ASSETS POSSESSED ASSETS POSSESSED BY BY

HOUSEHOLDSHOUSEHOLDS


Availability of Assets & Banking services

• Use of Banking Service• Assets

• Radio / Transistor• Television• Computer / Laptop (with internet)• Telephone / Mobile Phone• Cycle• Scooter / Motor Cycle / Moped• Car / Jeep / Van• No assets


Percentage ShareTotal Female Headed

Total 46.60 43.88

Rural 40.75 35.81

Urban 63.54 60.04

Use of Banking services


Radio/ TransistorPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 14.54 10.11

Rural 12.97 7.43

Urban 19.10 15.47


TelevisionPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 32.14 28.76

Rural 18.61 11.39

Urban 71.30 63.54


Computer/Laptop Percentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 5.90 5.60

Rural 3.17 2.99

Urban 13.81 10.82


TelephonePercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 46.01 35.02

Rural 36.37 21.45

Urban 73.90 62.18


BicyclePercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 39.74 24.85

Rural 36.43 19.03

Urban 49.31 36.50


Scooter/ Motorcycle/ MopedPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 18.81 12.27

Rural 11.96 4.81

Urban 38.63 27.19


Car/ Jeep/ VanPercentage Share

Total Female Headed

Total 2.68 1.84

Rural 1.10 0.52

Urban 7.28 4.49


Percentage ShareTotal Female Headed

Total 32.61 48.68

Rural 40.24 62.87

Urban 10.52 20.27

None of the specified Assets


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