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Research Journal of the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka- Rohana 11, 2019

Table 03. Gender Relations on income earning in the family units of Rejjipura
and Badungoda

Income Rejjipura Badungoda Percentage
Earner Amount Percentage Amount Percentage
Husband only
35 70 112 75 74

Wife only
- - 03 02 1

Husband and
wife only 06 12 16 11 11
Husband and
Children only 04 08 08 05 06
Husband,
Wife and 05 10 11 07 08
children
Total 50 100 150 100 100

Source: Field Study, 2014/2016.

As per above data, the task of earning money has been attributed to males. It is 70%

in Rejjipura and 75% in Badungoda and an average of 73% for both villages.
Family income earning by both the husband and wife show 12% for Rejjipura and

11% for Badungoda and an average of 11% for both villages.

Gender Relationship on the Process of Economic Participation

Earning income for the family unit makes the economic participation. However, this

is taken separately to discuss the economic contribution by men and that by the
women upon whom the difference nature of definitions is prevailing unabated. Only

the wives earning income for their family units show a trivial percentage of 1.5%,
whereas nobody from Rejjipura appears in this regard. About 1% of families are

headed by women householders due to the demise of their husbands. The other

family is similarly headed by a woman due to disability of her husband (See box
05). These are the cause for only women to take charge of income earning for

families. Another significant reason is the homesteads grown by women earning a

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