Relationship between selected profile characteristics and training needs of rural women of Almora district in Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

The excessive rate of male out migration has changed the demography and socio-cultural system of Uttarakhand leading to a number of changes in the lives of rural women. This study attempted to find the relationship between selected profile characteristics of rural women and their training needs. The study was conducted purposively in Almora district and two villages from Dwarahat block were chosen randomly and Descriptive research design was used to carry out the investigation. The findings revealed that age has significant negative relationship with training needs. Education, size of the land holding, monthly income, mass media ownership and access, cosmopoliteness, innovativeness, change proneness and economic motivation have significant positive relationship with training needs. There is no significant relationship between family size, risk preference and training needs of rural women.