What Is Women's Work? Reflections from Four North Indian Urban Clusters. (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kapur, Devesh; Vaishnav, Milan; Verley, Dawson
• Other Names: Kapur Devesh guest-editor.; Sircar Neelanjan guest-editor.; Vaishnav Milan guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Urbanisation. Volume 6:Number 1(2021)Supplement
• Page Start: S20
• Page End: S39
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: Female labour force participation -- measurement error -- time use -- survey data; Urbanisation -- Periodicals; Human settlements -- Periodicals; Cities and towns -- Periodicals; Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Human settlements -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Cities and towns -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Urbanization; Human settlements; Developing countries; Cities and towns; 307.7605
• DOI: 10.1177/24557471211038394
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2455-7471

Abstract

The actual extent of the female employment challenge in India is much debated. Data on female labour force participation (FLFP) in India is hampered by shortcomings in data validity and data accuracy . The objective of this article is to explore challenges to data accuracy through two potential sources of error: measurement error and reporting error . Drawing on a unique source of granular survey data from households in four north Indian urban clusters, we demonstrate that the precise nature of the survey employed has meaningful impacts on the reporting of FLFP. Furthermore, the gender composition of respondents also seems to matter although, after controlling for gender, self-reporting is indistinguishable from proxy reporting.