The chapter undertakes a sequential, multidimensional analysis of the long-term trends in the labour force participation rates of working-age women and men by systematically combining their personal characteristics, including age, education level, and marital status. The objective is to narrow down to the section of women who are primarily experiencing a stagnation or downturn in their participation rates. The analysis is based on five rounds of unit-level data from the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), covering three and a half decades. The findings indicate that 70% of the married women in the age group of 30 to 59 years are out of the labour force due to domestic responsibilities. This may partly explain the pattern of slow growth or near stagnation, together with a persistently high gender gap in their participation rates. Though long-term trends reveal a gradual rise in the proportion of women in regular salaried positions, the better-educated married women experienced a decline in their shares, again resulting in the widening of the gender gap. This divergence highlights persistent barriers in accessing formal salaried employment for educated married women.