title: Working women households and time-saving consumption: empirical evidence from Kerala.
abstract: This article explores the impact of labour force participation of Indian women on the consumption expenditure of their households. Field survey data were collected from working-wife and non-working wife households in Kerala, the state in India with the highest labour market participation of women in the organised sector. Differences in time-saving consumption expenditures of working and non-working wife households and different variables influencing consumption expenditures were researched. The study shows that among the variables which positively affect the time-saving consumption expenditure of the households, non-economic factors influence the time-saving consumption expenditure of the working-wife households more prominently than in non-working wife households.
authors.affiliation: University of Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Shalina Susan
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mathew
mesh_terms: D036262:Empirical Research; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006795:Household Products / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D006796:Household Work / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D017748:Time Management / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014931:Women, Working / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology