Abstract :
People consider home as the safest place. However, as a matter of fact, this place hides many hazards and people feel secure when they are at home. For them, home environment should adhere to utmost safety specification. Due to lacunas of safety specification home become hazardous place for their occupant. The present study, therefore, aims to study comparison of safety features in rural and urban households of Ludhiana district. The present study was exploratory in nature. Herein, an attempt was made to describe the situation, 120 households were randomly selected from both areas. Findings revealed that majority of rural households were lacking safety features like lack of safety caps on electric sockets (50.30%), uneven floor (75.71%), no slip mats in bathroom (90.00%), absence of handrails in bathroom (55.00%). The study also found that these safety features were only lacking by rural households as compared to urban households.
Keyword :
Lacunas, Safety features, Households, Hazardous place