A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WORKING AND NON-WORKING UNMARRIED WOMEN IN SOUTH KASHMIR WITH RESPECT TO LEVEL OF EDUCATION

The present study is related with A Comparative Study of Working and Non-Working Unmarried Women in South Kashmir With respect to Level of Education. The study was conducted on 400 unmarried women whose educational qualification was 10th and above and who were in the age range of 18 to 35. The study was conducted in four districts of south Kashmir namely Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian. 100 unmarried women were selected from each district by using purposive sampling, out of which 50 were working and 50 were non-working. Level of education was measured by using self-constructed information schedule by the researcher. The findings of the study revealed that among working unmarried women district Pulwama possessed the highest qualification with M.A. (20%) followed by Anantnag with B.Ed. (24%),Kulgam with B.A. (40%) and shopian with B.A. (30%). Similarly among the non-working unmarried women the district Shopian had the highest qualification with 10+2 (50%), followed by Pulwama with 10+2 (30%), Kulgam with 10th (50%), and Anantnag with 10th (40%).