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    ANALYSIS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG MOTHERS IN GOA
    (2023) Almeida, Maurice
    In a majority of the households in Goa, it is observed that the husband is the lone earning member of the house. The wife is the one who remains in the house taking care of the children and family proceedings. This paper tries to find out the various factors which force Goan mothers not to take up a job. A sample of 160 mothers was chosen using simple random sampling technique. Various personal details about them were recorded. Those unemployed were further asked to rate nine possible reasons for their unemployment on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 indicating that it’s a weak reason and 5 indicating that it’s a strong reason. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to reduce the nine variables into fewer components. The chi-square test of independence at 0.05 level of significance was used to test the association of unemployment of mothers with their place of living, religious identity, and the number of children they have. SPSS software was used to perform all the analyses. The results of EFA revealed that the nine variables were reduced into three components which were later named social restrictions, lack of resources, and selfsatisfaction. The chi-square test revealed that the pairs of variables employment status and place of living, along with employment status and religious affiliation are not associated at 0.05 level of significance, whereas it led to the conclusion that mothers having more than two children usually don’t take up a job.