The role of female labour force and the factors affecting female labour force in rural development

Economic growth is insufficient to reduce poverty. This is frequently discussed in international platforms. Poverty is more severe in rural areas in the world and our country. Rural women are becoming increasingly important in alleviating poverty. Rural women in the local rural economy, particularly the agricultural sector, in many areas working as unpaid family workers. Employment status of rural women in unpaid family labor, rather than the local wage, the employer or self-employed women at the same time strengthened the economic sense in the case of diversification opportunities in social life will be improved. In this context, rural women in terms of rural development is important to have an effective workforce. This importance leads to researchs on many aspects of women's labor force. In this context, the determination of conditions of employment of women in the qualitative choice econometric models have been used in research.In this study, the aim is to determine the factors which impact on rural women's labor force status. For this purpose, a set of data obtained from TURKSTAT. The effects of the explanatory variables on employment status of women in the rural region are explained using a multinomial logit model.