what is an a aspiration of women
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Women's participation in the workforce has lead to the study of career aspirations of women. Career aspirations are influenced by factors such as gender, socioeconomic status, race, parents' occupation and education level, and parental expectations.
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Women in India are far less likely to work or to be looking for work than men. The National Sample Survey (NSS) 2009–2010 brought out this fact showing that only 27 per cent of women in India are employed or looking for work, down from 32 per cent in 2004–2005. In comparison, labour force participation rates (LFPRs) for men are significantly higher at 80 per cent. This makes India to be compared unfavourably with most countries of Africa, East Asia, Latin America and South Asia, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
The decline in LFPRs among women is a cause for concern as it is marked across all age groups, education levels as well as urban and rural areas. LFPR of women in urban India were abysmally low, at 19 per cent, in 2009–2010, almost similar to the LFPR of women with middle-school education in rural areas and much lower than illiterate or primary-schooled rural women. While it is known that workforce participation is the highest among illiterate women, declines with schooling to secondary school completers and finally increases among those with tertiary education, creating a ‘U-shaped’ curve, this relationship is not borne out in India.