Are Caste Categories Misleading? The Relationship Between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States

This chapter examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in 3 states in India.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 21 October 2020

• Country: India
• Document Type: Book Chapter
• Theme: Social Change
• First published: 1 November 2018
• Authors: Joshi, S, Kochhar, N and Rao, V

Abstract

Indian society is highly stratified and hierarchical. Caste, class, and gender all contribute to an individual바카라 사이트檚 status. A large body of literature explores the importance of each of these. This chapter examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in 3 states in India. When households are grouped using conventional, government-defined categories of caste, we find patterns that are consistent with existing literature: lower-caste women are more likely to participate in the labour market, have greater decision making autonomy within their households, and experience greater freedom of movement. When households are grouped by the narrower sub-caste categories of jati, where caste is lived and experienced, we find the relationships are far more varied and nuanced. These results suggest that focusing on broad caste categories such as 바카라 사이트榮cheduled castes바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트榮cheduled tribes바카라 사이트� can be misleading for understanding the relationship between caste and gender.

This is an output of the World Bank바카라 사이트檚 Strategic Research Program

Citation

S. Joshi, N. Kochhar, and V. Rao, 바카라 사이트淎re Caste Categories Misleading? The Relationship Between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States,바카라 사이트�, Chapter 16 in Towards Gender Equity in Development (S. Anderson, L. Beaman, and JP Platteau - editors), Oxford University Press, 2019

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Published 21 October 2020