Study of Socio-Economic and Psychological Characteristics of Self Help Group Members

A study was carried out to ascertain the socio-economic and psychological profile of dairy women with relation to overall knowledge level. The study was carried out in Hingoli, Aundha and Basmat talukas of Hingoli district of Maharashtra .A total sample size of 120 respondents were randomly selected and interviewed with the help of well structured and pretested interview schedule .The data so collected were subjected to statistical analysis using mean, frequency, percentage, chi square test and results were interpreted. The study revealed that majority of the dairy respondents were middle aged, low educated, having a small family size, marginal land holdings, low social participation and attending meetings monthly. Medium range of each annual income, herd size producing medium quantity of milk yield per day, milk consumption per day, annual savings and had low dairy experience, dairy cooperatives act as a major source of knowledge. There was significant correlation between independent variables and overall knowledge level.