DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2019.v07i07.012

Pages: 501-507

The aim and objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of education on economic empowerment of women of Imphal Districts (Imphal East and Imphal west) of Manipur. The present sample was collected from 400 currently married women (women who have been married and are not either divorced, widowed or separated) aged between 21and 70yrs, out of which 200 were educated (women who passed high school at the minimum and above) and 200 were uneducated (women who have not attained high school) and out of 200 educated women, 100 from rural and 100 from urban areas, similarly out of 200 uneducated women, 100 from rural and 100 from urban areas of Imphal Districts (Imphal East and Imphal West) of Manipur. Interview method was used to collect primary data from the respondents using interview schedule. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants. For data analysis, we used descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (t-test for between group’s comparisons). The present study reveals the difference that brought by education among the women folk in relation to their economic empowerment. Educated women have greater own a house or any land (alone or jointly with others), more own any other property or valuables such as jewellery, gold/silver items, exceeding in having saving bank account, increased in participation of micro-credit or savings programme and higher engage in paid work outside the home than uneducated women in both the urban and rural residents.