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A Scale to Measure the Livelihood Status of Tribal Youth


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1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mudigere, Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), India
2 University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
     

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An attempt is made to construct a scale to measure the livelihood status of tribal youth using summated rating method. The methods of rating was followed in the construction of the scale. The livelihood scale developed was found to be reliable and valid. The scale developed is useful in explicitly measuring the livelihood status of tribal youth. Thirty farm youth from North Canara district of Karnataka state was interviewed to analyze their livelihood status using the scale developed for the study. The results revealed that more number of tribal youth (43.34%) were belonging to high livelihood status, whereas 36.66 and 20.00 per cent of tribal youth were belonging to medium and low level of livelihood status.

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Scale to Measure, Tribal Youth, Coping Strategies, Stress, Shocks.
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Authors

T. P. Bharath Kumar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mudigere, Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), India
M. S. Nataraju
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
M. T. Lakshminarayan
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India

Abstract


An attempt is made to construct a scale to measure the livelihood status of tribal youth using summated rating method. The methods of rating was followed in the construction of the scale. The livelihood scale developed was found to be reliable and valid. The scale developed is useful in explicitly measuring the livelihood status of tribal youth. Thirty farm youth from North Canara district of Karnataka state was interviewed to analyze their livelihood status using the scale developed for the study. The results revealed that more number of tribal youth (43.34%) were belonging to high livelihood status, whereas 36.66 and 20.00 per cent of tribal youth were belonging to medium and low level of livelihood status.

Keywords


Scale to Measure, Tribal Youth, Coping Strategies, Stress, Shocks.

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