Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the comparative
analysis of the earning of working women in the urban and rural
areas of the district Peshawar. In this connection, three urban
areas (Gulbahar, University Town and Hayatabad) and three
rural areas (Kacha, Garahie, Palosai and Achinie) were
selected. Cross-sectional data was randomly collected through
well-defined questionnaires from the sample of 450 working
women having age limit between 20 to 60 years. A multiple
regression test was applied on two models. It was deduced,
based on the findings that Model A for both selected urban and
rural areas of the district Peshawar showed significant and
positive relation with the status of working women except
participation in decision making in one urban and two rural
areas and ability to cope up with the situation in risk and
uncertainty in one rural area showed negative relation.
Similarly, Model B also showed positive and significant effect on
working women’s share of earning in family’s total income.
However, number of earning members of a family in all the three
urban areas and two rural areas related negatively. Similarly,
education of the head of the household in the two urban areas
and total hours of work in a day in one rural area also related
negatively with the working women’s share of earning in their
family’s total income. Based on the findings and conclusions, it
is recommended that government may allocate more funds and
resources in budgets generally for urban and especially for rural
areas for female education, increase in quotas for their jobs and
create more opportunities for businesses so that it will enhance
their status in jobs/businesses, which in turn would make them
more empowered and independent in a society.
Saima Urooge, Muhammad Naeem, Zilakat Khan Malik, Wisal Ahmed. (2017) A Comparative Analysis of Urban and Rural working Women (A Case Study of District Peshawar), The Dialogue, Volume 12, Issue 3.
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