Women’s Time Allocation in Agricultural Activities in Tehsil Mian Channu, Pakistan: An Economic Analysis

Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh (), Fatima Farooq, Hina Ali and Sana Khalid
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Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh: Associate Professor, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Fatima Farooq: Associate Professor, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Hina Ali: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan
Sana Khalid: MPhil Scholar, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

iRASD Journal of Economics, 2022, vol. 4, issue 2, 296-309

Abstract: Women play a significant role in agriculture as they assume various activities in agriculture such as cleaning of fields, fields preparation, sowing, weeding, harvesting, picking, cleaning of grains, drying of grains etc. but, unfortunately, they remain invisible workers. Their participation as decision-makers concerning these activities is also uncertain. This study is an economic analysis of women’s time allocation in agricultural activities in tehsil Mian Channu, Pakistan. A questionnaire is used to collect data from a random sample of 250 female respondents. The study points out the active participation of females in agriculture activities. Age of the woman and education of woman has a negative sign in crop production activities. Age of the woman and education of woman exhibit a positive association with women time allocation in non-crop production activities. Dependency Burdenis positively related to women participation in both crop production activities and non-crop production activities. The results also reveal that the number of adult males in a household is negatively related to woman’s time allocation and a tenant woman allocates more time to crop production activities than non-crop production activities.

Keywords: Women Contribution; Agriculture Production Activities; Time Allocation; Leisure; Labour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.52131/joe.2022.0402.0080

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