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Factors Affecting Women Contribution in Household Budget in Urban Informal Sector: An Analysis

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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. By applying Ordinary Least Square Method, we have analyzed that women’s education, woman’s profession; woman’s working hours, woman’s outside (home) work permission, number of dependents and poverty status of household positively and significantly affect their support (contribution) to the household budget. The factors like husband’s education, his earned income, number of infants (0-5 year age), and household participation (in economic activity) rate (including both male and female) and husband’s employment status negatively affects the women’s contribution. Thus, it is recommended that government should focus on women’s education, technical training and help them through the provision of assets to increase their contribution.

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Prof. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Awan, Dr. Muhammad Zahir Faridi, Muhammad Mujahid Abbas. 2015. "Factors Affecting Women Contribution in Household Budget in Urban Informal Sector: An Analysis". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - E: Economics GJHSS-E Volume 15 (GJHSS Volume 15 Issue 14 (E2)).

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