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A Study of Status of Manual Scavengers in Thoothukudi Corporation of Tamil Nadu

K. Sankaranarayanan , K. Sankaranarayanan

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Journal of Social Welfare and Management 11(2):p 93-97, April-June 2019. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.11219.5

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K. Sankaranarayanan. A Study of Status of Manual Scavengers in Thoothukudi Corporation of Tamil Nadu. J Soc Welfare Manag. 2019;11(2):93-97.

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Sanitation falls under the precautionary type of public health. An estimated 1.2 million scavengers in the nation are complicated in the sanitation of our environments. The working conditions of these manual scavengers have remained practically unchanged for over a century. The paper discusses the status and health problems of manual scavengers in Thoothukudi Corporation of Tamilnadu. The objectives of this study are: 1. To study the socio-economic outline of the sample manual scavengers. 2. To examine the nature of the job of the manual scavengers. 3. To analyse the facilities provided to manual scavengers. 4. To assess the health problems in manual scavengers after completion of work and. 5. To evaluate the working environment of manual scavengers. The present study is carried out in Thoothukudi Corporation of Tamilnadu by using simple random sampling method. The averages, standard deviation, f-testand chi-square test used for the analysis. The secondary data collected from available literature in books, e-books, magazines, newspapers, research article, research journal, e-journals, and other published materials relating to the working in India mainly meant for the manual scavengers. The study shows that out of the total 150 sample manual scavengers, majority 39 respondents strongly agree that they have provided cloves safely for doing their work, 38 sample respondents agree that they have provided instruments for doing their work. In order to find out whether there is any correlation between the facilities provided to manual scavengers and their level of satisfaction, the chi-square test was applied. As the calculated value of Chi-square is higher than the table value at 5 per cent level of significance, there is a relationship between facilities provided to manual scavengers and their level of satisfaction in the study area.

 

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K. Sankaranarayanan. A Study of Status of Manual Scavengers in Thoothukudi Corporation of Tamil Nadu. J Soc Welfare Manag. 2019;11(2):93-97.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.11219.5

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Manual scavengers; Ecological environment; Sustainable development; Gender discrimination; Health problems.

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