• Kasturi Mondal

The study reveals that the socio-economic status of women of the fishermen community in district south 24 parganas, West Bengal. The results indicated that the socio-economic status of women in this community are very despondent. it was found that this community most of the people are belongs to Muslim. A majority of women were poor 52.0 Percent. It can be said that 31.1 Percent of women were engaged in making net for fishing. It also has been found that most of the women revealed that they do not have the freedom to express their desire, spend money, and make decisions. 55.3 Percent of women revealed that they do not have any freedom to express their desires or wishes. It also a customary and also they believed that using kajal were protect their baby from “Kala Nazar , local term they used. It means using kajal were protect their baby from evil things. They were preferring to received treatment from traditional facilities in respect of govt. and private facilities. This women’s in this community also did not complete the doses of medicine if they received the treatment from Govt. or private facilities. No education, poor socio-economic background and living in a poorest situation makes their way of thinking like that.

Mother’s education, Mother’s occupation, knowledge, child morbidity.

"Does mother’s socio-economic status affect the child’s health in the fishing community of district south 24 parganas, West Bengal.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.952-974, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906144.pdf

"Does mother’s socio-economic status affect the child’s health in the fishing community of district south 24 parganas, West Bengal.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp952-974, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906144.pdf