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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LIVELIHOOD STATUS BETWEEN THE ‘ADIBASHI’ AND THE NATIVE RURAL WOMEN IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 20 - 23)
L.I. KABIR, M.L. HAIDER, SK.M. AHADUZZAMANAND A.K. ROYBangladesh has approximately 30 ‘Adibashi’ (indigenous) minority communities living both in the hill regions and in the plain lands. The majority of the ‘Adibashi’ population lives in rural settings. The main purpose of the study was to determine and compare the livelihood status of ‘Adibashi’ and native rural women and to explore relationship between livelihood status and their selected characteristics. Livelihood status of the rural women was taken as dependent variable, which was operationlized through using the “Asset Pentagon” consisting of human capital, physical capital, natural capital, social capital and financial capital. The independent variables were however, measured through using suitable scales and techniques. Majority of the women farmers were young, in both the groups. Greater part of the ‘Adibashi’ women farmers had secondary level education while the native farmers had primary education and the difference was found significant. No significant difference was observed between the two groups in case of family size. ‘Adibashi’ groups were found to be better off in their farm holdings, annual income, extension media contact, cosmo politeness, agricultural knowledge, training exposure, savings (although the mean difference was not significant) and material possession. The livelihood status of the two groups were compared and found that ‘Adibashi’ had better livelihood status than the native rural women.Download