Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

INSECURITY AMONG IRULAR TRIBAL WOMEN

Dr. Mary Angeline Santhosam

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The tribals in India constitute 8.08 % of the total population. Irulars are a tribal community who live in Southern India mainly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Generally, Irular women were highly exploited and are inhumanly treated, cheated and terrorized by the rich people and surrounding landlords. Among the total population above 90% of female make significant contribution to the family income. Although they contribute 90% to their family income a sense of insecurity was seen in them. The reason of insecurity needed to be explored upon and hence the paper with this objective in mind. The insecurity scale was standardized to study the level of insecurity of the Irular women. It was found that there was a significant relationship between age at marriage and insecurity feeling.

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INSECURITY AMONG IRULAR TRIBAL WOMEN , DR. MARY ANGELINE SANTHOSAM , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7|Issue-12| December-2018

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