Abstract
In our society, women of low socio-economic levels are expected to work beyond their limits: to produce children, to look after their homes, to earn money and to do every thing that pleases their men because it is considered that in all this lies their betterment. A working woman has to work hard both in office and at home. People seldom realize the troubles suffered by working women. In order to bring forth the problems faced by working women and the factors, which force the women to take up jobs at low wages, this study was conducted in the "Katchi abadis" of Lahore near General Hospital. The analysis of the opinion of 300 married women revealed that poverty increases frequency of women labor. Illiteracy, lack of skills, low income and unemployment of husbands are the factors, which enforce them to take up the jobs at low wages. Key words: Labor, job, wages, working women
