Development of a Scale to Measure Socio-economic Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on its Beneficiaries

Abstract:

In the present study, the scale to measure the socio-economic impact of MGNREGA on its beneficiaries was constructed. For the construction of scale, seventy-six items pertaining to the socio-economic impact of MGNREGA on its beneficiaries were collected through a review of literature and discussion with academic staff at various levels. Based on their relevancy, finally, fifty-six items were included in the final scale. Thus, the proposed scale finally comprised fifty-six statements. The scale values of finally selected items were worked out by using the Normalized Rank Approach. The reliability of the scale was determined by the Test-retest method. Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation was worked out for correlating the two sets of scores for the test-retest method. The value correlation coefficient value two scores of Test-retest reliability was 0.524. Validity of scale was established the by content validity method. The content validity was determined by a using review of literature e and the opinion of 66 judges who were experts in the field of extension education. Norms of distribution of socio-economic impact score obtained by using the scale indicated that the distribution in ,general, normal. This was tested and confirmed by the values of central tendency.