Socio-Economic Conditions of Female Migrant Construction Workers in Indian Punjab: A Case Study of Ludhiana City Dr. Singla Surinder Kumar*, Ms. Bala Poonam**, Mr. Kumar Sanjeev*** *Assistant Professor, School of Commerce & Economics, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India **Research Student, School of Commerce & Economics, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India ***Vice-Principal, Majestic Public School, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Online published on 5 July, 2014. Abstract Unorganized sector is a pivotal part of the Indian economy as it provides employment to a major chunk of the labour force (more than 90 per cent). However, the workers in this sector are not enjoying the same benefits as enjoyed by that of organised sector. The socio-economic conditions of unorganised sector workers are deplorable as they are deprived of many social security benefits. Construction industry being one of the largest industries in the country and a part of unorganised sector is providing employment to a good number of labour force. But, the situation of the workers in this industry is not very much different from other unorganised sector workers. The situation of female workers is even more critical than male workers. Thus, it is a very important to examine the socio-economic conditions of the women workers working in the construction industry. This study primarily concentrates on the migrant women construction workers in Ludhiana city of Punjab State. The study is based on primary data. The data is collected through interview schedule from selected respondents. The respondents have been selected according to the stratified sampling. Strata's have been formed according to the directional zones of the city. From four zones of the city 200 respondents have been interviewed (50 from each stratum). Top Keywords Socio-Economic Conditions, Construction Work, Educational Attainment, Monthly Earnings, Occupational Status. Top |