Factors Affecting Women Contribution in Household Budget in Urban Informal Sector: An Analysis
Keywords:
women support to family, OLS method, women education, women profession, poverty status, number of dependents, household participation rate, women work
Abstract
Woman share in formal and informal labor market has gained much importance at national and international level. It has become the main agenda of national and international organizations for last three decades. Data collected for those women whom are contributing in the household budget through their informal economic activities is a Herculean task. The raison d'etre of our research work is to measure those factors which are affecting woman's contribution in the household budget, particularly in the urban informal sector. Primary data were collected from urban councils of district Dera Ghazi Khan.
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