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Reason for under enumeration of women's work

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Accurate and reliable statistics are important for any group in a given population for analysing trends and for evolving policies. On many aspects of life which reflect the development of a society, we have poor data or inadequate coverage. The problem is many times compounded for women. This article documents the details of a Unifem project which has made a small beginning in the data collection format for the Census, 1991. It also discusses the main problems that has dogged the census and the many previous efforts made by researchers and data users to draw attention to the problem and the implications of whatever change has taken place.

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The Economic and Political Weekly, published from Mumbai, is an Indian institution which enjoys a global reputation for excellence in independent scholarship and critical inquiry. First published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 as the Economic and Political Weekly, EPW, as the journal is popularly known, occupies a special place in the intellectual history of independent India. For more than five decades EPW has remained a unique forum that week after week has brought together academics, researchers, policy makers, independent thinkers, members of non-governmental organisations and political activists for debates straddling economics, politics, sociology, culture, the environment and numerous other disciplines.

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First published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 as the Economic and Political Weekly, EPW, as the journal is popularly known, occupies a special place in the intellectual history of independent India. For more than five decades EPW has remained a unique forum that week after week has brought together academics, researchers, policy makers, independent thinkers, members of non-governmental organisations and political activists for debates straddling economics, politics, sociology, culture, the environment and numerous other disciplines.

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