Progressive Research – An International Journal Society for Scientific Development Volume 12 (1) : 96-98, (2017) in Agriculture and Technology Print ISSN : 0973-6417, Online ISSN : 2454-6003 Meerut (U.P.) INDIA THE BACK GROUND IN FOR MA TION OF RU RAL WOMEN ON THE BA SIS OF PER SONAL PRO FILE IN VOLVED IN KITCHEN AC TIV I TIES Kirtima Sachan, Rekha Dayal, Nimisha Awasthi and Katayani De partment of FRM, MAB col lege of Home Sci ence, C.S.A.U.A. & T., Kanpur E-mail : [email protected] ABSTRACT Kitchen is a basic human need in the house and an important constituent for the quality life of the people and an index of the socio-economic progress of the country. Present study entitled “The Background Information of rural women on the basis of personal Profile involved in kitchen activities” The pre-coded interview schedule was constructed in order to elicit information needed to obtain the objectives of the study. Multistage purposive random sampling technique was followed to select the state, district, blocks, villages and respondents. District Kanpur Dehat was purposively selected as a field of study while four blocks namely Akbarpur, Maitha, Amraudha and Rajpur were selected randomly. Two villages from each selected block i.e. Bara and Patari village from Akbarpur block, Chhateni and Tikari villages from Maitha block, Chaprehta and Fattepur village from Amraudha block and from Rajpur block Kandhi and Dewanpur village were selected randomly. Twenty respondents from each selected village were randomly selected. Total 160 respondents were randomly selected for final data collection. Maximum respondents identified were from 40-50 years of age under study, intermediate, backward caste and identified as under normal BMI category. Key words : Ru ral women, BMI, kitchen ac tiv i ties, re spon dents. The evolution of the kitchen is linked to the invention of the Amraudha and Rajpur were selected randomly. Two cooking range or stove. Until the 18th centuries, food was villages from each selected block i.e. Bara and Patari cooked over an open fire. Technological advances during village from Akbarpur block, Chhateni and Tikari villages industrialization brought major changes to kitchen. Iron from Maitha block, Chaprehta and Fattepur village from stove, which enclosed the fire completely and were more Amraudha block and from Rajpur block Kandhi and efficient, appeared. Early models included the Franklin Dewanpur village were selected randomly. Twenty stove around 1740, which was a furnace stove intended respondents from each selected village were randomly for heating, not for cooking. Benjamin Thompson in selected. Total 160 respondents were randomly selected England designed his “Rumfort stove” around 1800. This for final data collection. stove was much more energy efficient than earlier stoves; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION it used one fire to heat several pots, which were hung into holes on top of the stove and were thus heated from all Table-1 reveled that the chronological age of respondents sides instead of just from the bottom. However, his stove expressed in terms of approximate years. Majority was designed for large kitchen; it was too big for (40.63%) respondents were from 40-50 years of age domestics use. The “Oberlin stove” was a refinement of group respectively. Only about thirteen per cent the technique that resulted in became a commercial respondents were from 30-40 years of age. Twenty five success with some 90,000 units sold over the next 30 per cent respondents belonged to less than 30 years of years. These stoves were still fired with wood or coal. age followed by 21.50 per cent were from above 50 years Although the first gas street lamps were installed in Paris, age group. London, and Berlin at the beginning of the 1820s and the The data presented in Table-2 reveals that first U.S. patent on a gas stove was granted in 1825, it was Maximum (50.00%) respondents were educated up to not until the late 19th century that using gas for lighting intermediate level and above, whereas minimum i.e. only and cooking became common place in urban areas. about nine per cent respondents were educated high RESEARCH METHODOLOGY school level. About twenty two per cent respondents were educated junior high school level, followed by ten per cent The study was conducted in Kanpur dehat of Uttar respondents who were educated primary level. Nearly Pradesh during the year 2016. The pre-coded interview nine per cent respondents under study were found schedule was constructed in order to elicit information illiterate. needed to obtain the objectives of the study. Multistage purposive random sampling technique was followed to It is one of the bases of social stratification. Table-3 select the state, district, blocks, villages and respondents. dealing with personal profile of respondents reveals that District Kanpur dehat was purposively selected as a field fifty per cent respondents belonged to backward caste, of study while four blocks namely Akbarpur, Maitha, Sachan et al., 97 Table-1 : Distributions of Respondents on the Basis of Age Table-5 : Mean Distribution of Age, Height, Weight and Body Mass Index of the Respondents. N=160 S. No. Age (Year) Frequency Percentage 1. Less than 30 25.00 S. Particulars Mean ± S.D. Range 40 No. 2. 30-40 20 12.50 1. Age (yrs) 39.90 ± 10.82 19.00 - 60.00 3. 40-50 65 40.63 2. Height (cm) 151 ± 0.14 134 - 171 4. Above 50 35 21.87 3. Weight (Kg) 53.61 ± 8.10 36.20 - 70.00 Total 160 100.00 4. BMI (Kg/m2) 23.75 ± 4.57 17.44 - 31.37 Table-2 : Distributions of Respondents on the Basis of Education Table-6 : Distributions of Respondents on the Basis of BMI S. No. Education Frequency Percentage S. BMI Classification Frequency Per 1. Illiterate 15 9.38 No. centage 1. <16 (CED Grade-III Severe) - - 2. Primary 16 10.00 2. 16.0- 17.0 (CED Grade- II Moderate) - - 3. Junior high school 35 21.87 3. 17.0- 18.0 (CED Grade-I Mild) 10 6.25 4. High school 14 8.75 4. 18.5- 20.0 (Low Weight- Normal) 8 5.00 5. Intermediate and above 80 50.00 5. 20.0- 25.0 (Normal) 90 56.25 Total 160 100.00 6. 25.0-30.0 (Obese grade-I) 42 26.25 7. > 30 (Obese Grade II) 10 6.25 Table-3 : Distributions of Respondents on the Basis of Caste Total 160 100.00 S. No. Caste Frequency Percentage 1. General 25 15.62 2. Backward 80 50.00 To ensure compatibility between physical demand of 3. Schedule Caste 55 34.38 the work and physiological limitations of the worker, body Total 160 100.00 mass index was assessed. As per the table-6, majority (56.25 %) of the respondents were belonging to normal Table-4 : Distributions of Respondents on the Basis of Social group having body mass index (BMI) between 20.0 - 25.0, participation. followed by 26.25 per cent belonged to obese grade I with 25.0-30.0 body mass index. An equal per centage i.e. S. No. Social participation Frequency Percentage 6.25 per cent respondents were having 17.0-18.0 and > 1. No membership 126 78.75 30 body mass index and belonging to CED Grade I mild 2. Membership of one 34 21.25 and obese grade II group, respectively . Minimum only organization or societies five per cent respondents were identified under Low Total 160 100.00 Weight-Normal group with 18.5 to 20.0 body mass index. The body mass index is an attempt to quantify the followed by 34.38 per cent respondents who were amount of tissues mass in an individual and then scheduled caste. Only about sixteen per cent categorize the person as underweight, obese and normal respondents were from general caste. grade. On the basis of body mass index classification, Data analyzed for social participation inferred that a majority of the respondents belonged to normal group, little less than eighty per cent respondents were not while more than one quarter respondents were found members of any organization whereas, about twenty one obese grade-I. per cent respondents were reported member of one CONCLUSION societies viz, Village Panchayat, School improvement It can be concluded from the Tables that Majority (40.63 committee etc. %) respondents were from 40-50 years of age group, Table-5 envisage that mean age calculated for whereas, maximum (50.00 %) respondents were respondents under the study was 39.90 years ranging educated up to intermediate level and above, fifty per cent between nineteen years to sixty years of age, whereas, respondents belonged to backward caste, more than average height of respondents was 151cm ranging ninety percent were married and less than eighty per cent between 134 to 171cm. 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