Author: Mona Shrestha
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-84-18
Year: 1984
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1991
Examination Committee: Karl E. Weber (Chairperson); E. Desingu Setty (Co-Chairperson); Md. A. Quader Miah, Jayant Kumar Routray, (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The study was conducted among peasant community in Dhapakhe 1 , an urban fringe with in Kathmandu Valley. It focuses on parental gender specific project ions to understand the problem of gender disparity in education, inspite of easy access to school . The main research objective is to study gender specific role , status and attitude in inter-generation perspective. A dual parent sample was selected for sample survey. Both descriptive (frequency, mean, standard deviation, F- test , Z-test , Chi-square test) and analytical (multiple regression and discriminant analysis) statistical tools are app1ied for quantitative ana1ys is. Qua1itative content ana1ys is is done for information from key informants and selected biographical features. The finding show t hat gender specified role and status are transmitted to younger generation, with some modification though, where men still remain the privileged group . Hence , parents are still biased towards sons, inspite of high public awareness of education.
Scholarship Donor(s): Government of Norway
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of the Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology
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