Women’s Involvement In Earning Activities: Evidence From Rural Pakistan

Amtul Hafeez Gondal ()
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Amtul Hafeez Gondal: Visiting lecturer at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Lahore Journal of Economics, 2003, vol. 8, issue 2, 123-136

Abstract: Based on the Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS) 1998-99 the paper highlights the factors that influence the decision of married women in their participation/economicactivities in rural Pakistan. Employing the probit model on 9427 observations it is found that married women in Sindh and Punjab are more likely to engage in economic activities than their counterparts inBalochistan and NWFP. Women’s age, family size and husbands working in agriculture have a significant positive effect on the involvement of rural womenin economic activities. Household annual income, nuclear family system, number of children and husbands' literacy level and age have a strong negative effect. No significant relationships of education, migration status and the female being head of the household have been found.

Date: 2003
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