Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the determinants of the role and
importance of housewives share in family’s overall income in improving their
family living standards. In this connection Peshawar district was selected as
research area. The reason for selection of this area is to make better comparison of
the role of housewives as most of the studies are carried out to highlight the role of
working women. Very little quantitative work has been carried in this regard. The
area of research is further categorized into three urban areas that are Gulbahar,
University Town and Hayatabad while three rural areas that is Kacha Garahi,
Palosai and Achinie. The sample size (age between 20-60 years) was 450
households, which was comprised of 300 urban and 150 rural households. Based
on the findings of research it is deducted that results showed positive and
significant effect on the housewives share in family’s overall income and the
respondent’s education, number of family members, number of hours of work in
almost all the regions except family organization (in Hayatabad, Gulbahar, Kacha
Garahie and Palosai) and number of family members (in Achinie) which showed
negative relation. It is suggested that the rate of economic participation of these
women can be substantially raised through the introduction of the appropriate
measures if these steps are carried out with true letter and spirit.
Saima Urooge, Muhammad Arif, Shams Ur Rehman. (2019) An Assessment of the determinants of housewives share in family income and living standard: A Study of District Peshawar, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 56, Issue 2.
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