A Study of Differences Among Jeevika and Non Jeevika Workers in Relation to their Personality Dimensions in Bihar

In this article effort has been made to find out the differences between Jeevika Worker and Non Jeevika Worker of Bihar. EEVIKA is playing an important role in empowering the village women socially and economically both. Now women in the larger picture are not just passive recipients of benefits accruing through welfare schemes in the society, but are active promoters and facilitators of social transformation. It has not only helped empower women economically but also psychologically and socially by increasing awareness, self-confidence, mobility, increasing interest in social work, skill development and leadership qualities etc. For this purpose 200 women (100 Jeevika workers and 100 non Jeevika workers) were selected from Sheikhpura district of Bihar. All the samples were selected through incidental cum purposive sampling technique. As a result it was found the Jeevika workers are more more aware, have more leadership qualities, more confident in face to face interaction, have more decision making qualities, more self confident, more skill full and have more interest in developmental activities than non Jeevika workers. It shows that Jeevika has significant impact on the life of village women in Bihar.