women from households not having small children are more likely to be in the labour force than those from households with smal i children table the decline in the lfprs of women due to the existence of small children in the household is the largest in the case of women aged if the age of the youngest child is three years or below table the difference in participation rates of women in that age group between those from households not having small children up to the age of three and households with such children was as high as percentage points in as against in and in it was percentage points in as against per cent in and per cent in in the case of men the increase in lfprs got further increased to percentage points in