TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anker, Richard.
AU  - Khan, M.E.
AU  - Gupta, R.B.
TI  - Women's Participation in the labour force: a methods test in india for improving its measurement
SN  - 9789221062592
U1  - 331.4072 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Geneva
PB  - International labour office
KW  -  Labor supply
KW  -  Statistics--Standards
KW  -  Women--Employment
KW  -  Women--Employment--Statistical methods
KW  - India
N1  - 1. LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS: AN 
OVERVIEW
2. STUDY BACKGROUND 
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSEHOLDS, INVESTIGATORS, RESPONDENTS AND 
INTERVIEW ENVIRONMENT 
4. RESSULTS BY QUESTIONNAIRE TYPE 
5. RESULTS BY RESPONDENT AND INTERVIEWER TYPE 
6. MULTIVARIATE RESULTS 
7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
N2  - This original study - based on a specially designed survey of 1,621 households in Uttar Pradesh State, northern India - is concerned with ways of improving the measurement of women's participation in the labour force. What types of questionnaire provide the most accurate data? Does the sex of the interviewer or the respondent influence the outcome? Do proxy-respondents (people answering for the women) provide different replies from the women themselves? The authors address these issues and show that appropriate survey techniques and questionnaire design can lead to a more accurate and complete
ER  -