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Intergenerational Social Mobility among Construction Labourers in Varanasi city (India) |
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PP: 119-130 |
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doi:10.18576/jsapl/050302
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Author(s) |
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Dharma Raj,
Bhanu Pratap Singh,
Brijesh Pratap Singh,
and Niraj Kumar Singh,
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Abstract |
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| India is a country where 69 per cent of its total population still lives in villages. The biggest challenge for them is an
employment. According to all India unemployment rates by National sample survey office (NSSO, 2011-12); in the rural area
unemployment rate is 2.3 per cent as compared to urban areas, 3.8 per cent. The present study aims to assess the social mobility in two
sections; the first one is intergenerational educational mobility and the second one is intergenerational occupational mobility of the
workers engaged in construction work in Varanasi City, India. A primary survey conducted during the period of June-September,
2016, individual level primary data has been collected from the targeted population using multi-stage cluster sampling method.
Education is a major barrier to develop the status of a people i.e. labourer were economically and socially backward for a long
duration and still were in the same situation. These finding may help the planners in designing policies. Apart from these facts, many
studies have shown that in India, a huge difference exists in the mobility prospects between rural and urban population and also among
the different caste of Hindus and among different religion. This paper recommends that there is an urgent need to pay attention to the
educational system to improve the overall socio-economic and working conditions of the construction workers. |
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