Economics of Women Street Vendors –A study in Kokrajhar town of Assam

Abstract : Today, vending is an essential employment source for many urban poor as it requires low skills and small financial inputs. Broadly defined, a street vendor is a person who offers goods or services for sale to the public without having a permanent built-up structure but with a temporary static system or mobile stall. This paper aims to study the involvement of women in street vending. A sample of 50 samples was selected based on a simple random sampling method from the sampling frame and analyzed using the various statistical measures like percentage method, chi-square test, Simple regression analysis, etc. It is concluded that women have attained economic, social and psychological empowerment after starting the vending and women's income influenced by total household income, which is a true reflection of women's empowerment. Finally, suggestions are given for the improvement of women street vendors.