Socioeconomic Status of the Fisherman Communities in the Kakdwip Areas of West Bengal: An Enquiry
Keywords:
: Social and Economic Status, Fishermen CommunitiesAbstract
Marine fishing communities are the vulnerable communities of the society they are living in the lower strata of the society. The study has been conducted to get an outline of the social and economic status of the marine fisherman communities who are involved in marine fishing and marine fish marketing in coastal Kakdwip areas of West Bengal, India. The marine fishing system is unorganized and controlled by the local people. As the socio-economic profile is multidimensional there are various factors are responsible for the social and economic status of the marine fisherman communities.
The present study tries to identify to socio-economic factors like the age group of the people who are involved in marine fishing, education level of the communities, income status of the fishermen communities, healthcare facilities, sanitary advantages etc of the population of the research area. In the current study, we have also tried to understand if there is any relationship between the various categorical variables like Income with Social and Economic Status and Education with Social and Economic Status of the marine fishermen communities who are living in the Kakdwip area in West Bengal, India. The study is also conducted to know whether the income of the fishermen communities is sufficient to maintain their daily lifestyle.
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