Quality of Life of Vegetable Vendors: A Geographical Study of Patna Municipal Corporation

Authors

  • Arvind Kumar Department of Geography, Patna Women‘s College (Autonomous)

Keywords:

Quality of life, vegetable vendor, well-being

Abstract

In India, the unorganised or informal sector is one of the most important sources of employment, i.e. with 81% of the total employed population. Street vendors constitute a major portion of unorganised sector that accounts for 14% of total urban unorganised employment. Vegetable vendors of unorganised sector work as selfemployed and on daily basis(Samarpita A, 2019).Vegetable vendor plays an integral part in urban areas. Urban area constitutes high population with less agricultural land, hence high demand. In this type of scenario, importance of vegetable vendors emerges act as nutritional bridge for the urban people. In this research, the range is short, i.e., vegetable vendors of Patna Municipal Corporation as a geographical space. The daily vending activities performed by vegetable vendors have an immense impact on their physical as well as mental state, social relations, etc., resulting in differentiating quality of life (Sugiyama T. at all, 2009). Quality of life as a concept is comprehensive in nature, it embraces various aspect like individual‟s physical health, mental health, psychological state, social relationships, level of independence, personal values and beliefs and their relationships to the components of the environment (WHO, 2012). That's why; it becomes important to study the quality of life of these vegetable vendors to determine the well-being of people residing in
Patna Municipal Corporation.

Published

2024-07-06

How to Cite

Kumar, A. (2024). Quality of Life of Vegetable Vendors: A Geographical Study of Patna Municipal Corporation. QUEST - A Peer Reviewed Research Journal, 2(1), 42–52. Retrieved from https://questjournal.in/index.php/quest/article/view/26

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