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Title
DECLARATION
CERTIFICATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
The List of Tables
I. Introduction
Objectives
Hypotheses
Methodology
CHAPTERISATION
II. An Overview of Urban Informal Sector
The Concept of Informal Sector
2.1 Employment, Net Domestic Product and Output Per Worker in India in 1981 and 1991.
2.2 The Percentage Distribution of Workers According to Usual Status by the Category of Employment At All India Level.
2.3 Percentage Share in Total Casual Employment.
2.4 Unemployment Rates by Sex, Residence and Status.
2.5 Work Participation Rate in India (1971 -1991)
2.6 Work Participation Rate in Kerala (1971 - 1991)
III. Demographic Features and Occupational Structure of Kottayam Municipality
3.1 Ward-wise Population in Kottayam Municipality.
Density of Population
Sex Ratio
3.2 Sex-ratio in Kottayam Municipality.
Literacy
Growth of Population
3.3 Effective Literacy Rate in Kottayam Municipality.
Growth of Population and Slums
3.4 Growth of Population in Kottayam.
3.5 Growth of SC and ST Population.
3.6 Slums in Kottayam Municipality
3.7 Slum Dependency Ratio.
3.8 The Labour Force in Slums
Occupational Structure
3.9 Occupational Structure and Work Participation Rate.
IV. Structure and Composition of the Informal Sector in Kottayam
4.1 Composition of Workers by Main Economic Activity
Classification of the Workers
4.2 Classification of Workers by Sector.
4.3 A Family Profile of the Workers
4.4 Distribution of Workers by Migrant and Non-migrant Status
4.5 Working Place of the Workers
4.6 Distribution of Workers by the Type of Location
4.7 Distribution of Workers by Their Experience in the Present Work and Location
4.8 Determinants of the Location of Working Place.
V. Socio-economic Characteristics
Age and Sector of Work
Educational Attainment
5.1 Distribution of the Sample Workers by Age Group and Sector of Work.
5.2 Distribution of the Sample Workers by Educational Level and Sector of Work.
Skill
5.3 Distribution of Skilled and Unskilled Workers by the Sector of Work.
Marital Status
Caste and Religion
5.4 Distribution of Workers by Marital Status and Sector of Work.
5.5 Distribution of Workers by Religion and Sector of Work.
5.6 Distribution of Workers by Average Monthly Income
Earnings
Family Size and Dependency Ratio
5.7 Profile of Earners.
Work Participation Rate
Associations
5.8 Work Participation Rate.
Status of Dwelling
5.9 Affiliation to Associations / unions.
5.10 Reasons for Not Joining Any Association.
5.11 Status of Dwelling
5.12 Distribution of Rooms in the Dwelling.
Ownership of Work Place
5.13 Type of Fuel.
5.14 Ownership of the Building.
Facilities
Present Value of Owned Building
5.15 Facilities in the Work Place.
Value of Fixed Capital Excluding the Building
5.16 Present Value of Owned Building
Migratory Characteristics
5.17 Value of Fixed Capital Excluding the Building.
5.18 Distribution of Migrants by the Sector of Work.
5.19 Educational Attainment by Migrant Status.
5.20 Distribution of Migrants by the Previous Domicile.
5.21 Causal Factors for Migration
5.22 Distribution of Migrants by the Waiting Period
5.23 Supporters During the Waiting Period.
VI. Intrasectoral and Intersectoral Mobility
6.1 Distribution of Workers by Previous Economic Activity.
6.2 Age At the Starting of the Previous Economic Activity.
6.3 Nature of Previous Employment
6.4 Type of Contract of Previous Work.
6.5 Type of Registration
6.6 Nature of Remuneration of Previous Work
6.7 Source of Knowledge About the Previous Employment.
6.8 Method of Skill Acquisition for the Previous Employment.
6.9 the Reasons for Quitting the Previous Employment.
Occupational Mobility Patterns
6.10 Distribution of the Workers by Previous and Current Sector of Work.
6.11 Nature of Current Employment.
6.12 Job Satisfaction.
6.13 Distribution of Workers by Current and Preferred Sector of Employment.
6.14 Mobility From the Current Employment
6.15 Factors Affecting Mobility of the Workers From the Current Employment.
6.16 Source of Knowledge About Future Employment and Means of Access.
VII. Determinants of Employment
7.1 The Reasons for the Choice of Informal Employment.
7.2 Source of Knowledge About the Current Employment
7.3 Source of Starting Capital.
7.4 Method of Skill Acquisition for the Current Employment
Pattern of Linkages
7.5 Suppliers of Inputs.
7.6 Mode of Payment.
7.7 Classification of Customers.
7.8 Mode of Payment by the Customers
The Factors Constraining Employment
7.9 Factors Constraining Employment
7.10 Source of Credit.
Models of Employment Determination
Definitions of the explanatory variables
The Results of Model - I
7.11 Multiple Regression Results of Model -1
7.12 Step-wise Regression Results At the 7th Step of Model -I
Tlie Results of Model - II
7.13 Multiple Regression Results of Model -I1
7.14 Step-wise Multiple Regression Results At the 7th Step of Model -II.
The Results of Model - III
7.15 Multiple Regression Results of Model - III
7.16 Step-wise Regression Results At the 6 th Step of Model - Ill
The Results of Model - IV
7.17 Multiple Regression Results of Model - IV
7.18 Step-wise Regression Results At the 9th Step of Model -IV
The Results of Model - V
7.19 Step-wise Regression Results of Model - V
The Results of Model - VI
7.20 Step-wise Regression Results of Model -VI
The Results of Model - VII
7.21 Step-wise Multiple Regression Results of Model- VII
7.22 Step-wise Multiple Regression. Results of Model- VIII
The Rcsults of Model - VlII
VIII. A Recapitulation
APPENDIX - Interview Schedule
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