• Mrs. Harpreet Kaur
• Dr Parveen Kumar

The present research paper deals with the work participation rate among women in Punjab with special focus on three districts of Hoshiarpur with highest literacy rate, Patiala with moderate literacy rate and Mansa with lowest literacy rate. The female work participation rate of 2011 has been compared with that of 2001. Further it is also studied in comparison with the work participation among male population also. Efforts have been made to focus on rural as well as urban areas separately. There is further division made in four age groups to look at the trends in Punjab and how far our sample of 600 females differ as regards it. The trends from 2001 to 2011 showed downward trends in case of women work participation rate the sample of females collected from 6 villages gave a very optimistic overview of the job scenario of 3 districts.

TRENDS OF WORK PARTICIPATION AMONG WOMEN IN PUNJAB

"TRENDS OF WORK PARTICIPATION AMONG WOMEN IN PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.891-906, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903234.pdf

"TRENDS OF WORK PARTICIPATION AMONG WOMEN IN PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp891-906, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903234.pdf