Household Resources and Their Changing Relationships: Case Studies in Gujarat, India
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 301 522 SO 019 503 AUTHOR Magrabi, Frances M., Ed.; Verma, Amita, Ed. TITLE Household Resources and Their Changing Relationships: Case Studies in Gujarat, India. International Agriculture Publications General Series Number 3. INSTITUTION Illinois Univ., Urbana. Coll. of Agriculture. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, DC.; Maharaja Sayajirao Univ. of Baroda (India). PUB DATE May 87 NOTE 130p. AVAILABLE FROMOffice of International Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 113 Mumford Hall, 1301 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801. PUB TYPE Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Agriculture; Child Development; Developing Nations; Educational Opportunities; Family Health; Females; Foreign Countries; *Human Resources; *Nutrition; *Rural Environment; Rural Family; *Rural Farm Residents; *Sanitation IDENTIFIERS *India ABSTRACT This publication contains case studies based on rural life in northern India. The titles include: (1) "Profiles of Two Indian Rural Settings"; (2) "Visitors View a Village"; (3) "Village Households"; (4) "Agriculture"; (5) "Women's Needs: Health and Nutrition"; (6) "Meal Pattern, Nutrient Intake, Intra-Familial Distribution of Foods, Food Habits, and Taboos"; (7) "Post Harvest Conservation of Food at the Household Level"; (8) "Nutrition and Health Education in the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme for Tribal and Urban Households"; (9) "Water"; (10) "Fuel"; (11) "Water, Sanitation, and Fuel in Rustumpura: A Case Study"; (12) "Sanitation and Water Supply: A Tribal Case Study"; (13) "Education as a Household Resource"; (14) "The Schools of Rustumpura: A Case Study"; (L5) "Education of Tribal Women"; (16) "Extension Training Programs for Women"; (17) "Socialization of the Infant: Two Case Studies"; (18) "Growing Up in Rustumpura: Profile of a Day"; (19) "Profile of a Tribal Child"; (20) "Paid and Unpaid Work: Activities and Opportunities in a Rural Area"; (21) "Allocation of Money and Nonmoney Resources by Rural Households"; (22) "Food Related Activities and Resources"; (23) "Transportation as a Household Resource"; (24) "Time and Task Allocation in Rural Households"; and (25) "Resources and Social Change: The Impact of International Funding Agencies on Women's Programs in India." A glossary is also included. (DJC) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ************** ***** **************************************************** Household Resources and Their Changing Relationships Case Studies in Gujarat, India Edited by Frances M. Magrabi and Amita Verma International Agriculture Publications General Series Number 3 College of Agriculture University of Illinois at Urbana-ChaMpaign May 1987 v - Copies of this publication may be obtained from the following address: Office of International Agriculture University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 113 Mumford Hall 1301 West Gregory Drive Urbana, Illinois 61801 U.S.A. Telex: 206957 SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN AND THE MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA. 0(to be obtained) by the Board of Trustees at the University of Illinois FOREWORD This volume focuses on the patterns of daily living of rural households in one part of India. It was developed as a cooperative effort of two universities--the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and Maharaja Sayajirao Universityof Baroda (MSUB)--the faculties and staffs having a common interest in the study of women as participants in social and economic development. The idea originated in work underway in 1983 at UIUC to develop courses on this subject, with an emphasis on women as members of households. It soon became apparent that although there is a wealth of information about specific problems--such as nutrition, poor housing and sanitation, and high rates of illiteracy--in developing countries, few materials are available which show how these problems occur and interact within a given household setting. This collection of papers is intended to help fill this gap. Correspondence between the two universities was initiated in early 1984, and plans were developed on the content and scope of material needed and methods to be used to gather the information. In the summer of 1985, a six-member team from UIUC spent six weeks in India. The bulk of its time was spent working with a counterpart team from MSUB. The work was supported by a grant from the Fulbright-Hays Group Study Abroad Program. Members of the teams visited and observed village households and development projects, interviewed household members and project officers, and reviewed government reports and published research. They also drew extensively on original research performed by members of the MSUB team over the past decade and their expertise acquired from extension educational programs and other contacts with families in Gujarat State. The information thus collected has been summarized in the various papers in this volume. Case study material has been emphasized. In some instances, the same families have been described from several points of view--their employment, their use of transportation, their household production and consumption patterns, their household possessions. In other cases, similar families are described. Most families were from the villages of Rustumpura and Jaspur. Others were from nearby villages or city slums. The families were poor but not destitute; thus neither extreme poveny nor wealth was represented. The authors of this volume appreciate the warm welcome and friendly cooperation they received from the families they visited and others nho provided information. They hope this volume will provide a true picture of life as it is lived by families in one segment of India's vast population. Frances M. Magrabi and Amita Verma Project Directors PROJECT SPONSORS Office of Women in International Development University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign TEAM MEMBERS: Frances M. Magrabi, Ph.D. Navaz Bhavnagri, M.S. Professor of Family and Consumption Staff of Office of Women in Economics International Development, and (Project Director) doctoral candidate in Early Childhood and Elementary-Education (Assistant Project Director) Berenice A. Carroll, Ph.D. Sharon Y. Hart, M.S. Associate Professor of Political Assistant Expanded Food and Nutrition Science and Director of Education State Coordinator Office of Women's Studies Cooperative Extension Service Ellen C. K. Johnson, M.A. Barbara A. Yates, Ph.D. Staff of Office of Women in Professor of Comparative Education International Development and doctoral candidate in Anthropology Faculty of Home Science Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda TEAM MEMBERS: Amita Verma, M.A. Rachel George, Ph.D. Professor of Child Development Reader in Home Management (Project Director) (Joint Project Director) Parul Dave, M.S. T. S. Saraswathi, Ph.D. Reader in Child Development Professor in Child Development Tara Gopaldas, Ph.D. Subadra Seshadri, M.S. Professor of Foods and Nutrition and Reader in Foods and Nutrition Dean of the Faculty of Home Science Sundar Gujral, Ph.D. Kamala Sanivasan, Ph.D. Professor of Foods and Nutrition Professor of Home Management Kalpana Romeshchandra Paralikar, Ph.D. Smita Shukla, M.Sc. Reader in Home Science Education Teaching Assistant - iv - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The project team members are grateful for the support received from the Fulbright-Hays Group Study Abroad Program, U.S. Department of Education, and the Office of International Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC). They wish also to thank the Office of Women in Interna- tional Development, UIUC, and especially note the initial planning and contacts made by the Director of that Office, Dr. Barbara A. Yates, and staff member and WID Associate Navaz Bhavnagri. Others to whom gratitude is due include Mr. Z. S. Chatwal, National Dairy DeVelopment Board; Dr. Uma Vyas, Tribhuvandas Foundation; Mr. Ravi Sexena and Mr. Dinesh Pandya, District Development Officers, Baroda District; Mr. Arvind Pandya, Taluka Development Office, Vaghodia, Baroda District; Ms. Anu Thakkar, Muni Ashram; Mrs. Ela Bhatt, Self-Employed Women's Association; Ms. Pallavi Naik, Center for Health Education, Training, and Nutrition Awareness; Dr. Ashalata Kulshresstha, Gujarat Women Economic Development Corporation; Mrs. Jyotsnaben Shan, Vikas Jyot Trust; Professor U. Modi, Nutrition Rehabilitation Center, S. S. G. Hospital; and Dr, Suma Chitnis, Tata Institute of f:ocial Sciences. Thanks also is due to Shagufa Kapadia, who asssisted with scheduling and arrangements for the team, Mr. Parvez Dalal, who provided living accommoda- tions for team members in Rustumpura, and to Mrs. Vinaben Rameshbhai Patel, area level supervisor, and Mrs. Savitaben Chandubhai Panchal, preschool teacher, who introduced team members to families in the village and were a constant and invaluable source of information about local conditions. Gratitude is due also to Jigisha Shastri and Mini Cheema who assisted with collection of data, and to Roopa Desai, who assisted in library research. The team is indebted to Shirley Jones, who typed this manuscript, and to Carol Higgins who gave editorial advice. Finally, our most sincere thanks go to all the villagers who so freely gave us of their time and energy as they told us about themselves and their families and shared their lives with us. 7 - v - CONTENTS' FOREWORD iii PROJECT