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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).22      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).22      Published : Jun 2020

An Investigation of the Contribution of Women to the Socio-EconomicDevelopment: A Case Study of District Peshawar

    The present study investigates women’s contribution to the socio-economic development of a country via their shares in the family’s total income. District Peshawar was selected as a research area A well-defined questionnaire was randomly distributed among women respondents both working women and housewives (sample size 450 = 300 urban and 150 rural). Two models, working women share in the income of household and wife’s share in household income were estimated. Based on the findings of research it is deducted that Model 2 for working women’s share in family’s total is preferred to second Model 2 for housewives shares in family’s total income although both models showed a positive and significant effect in most of the urban and rural areas of the Peshawar. It is suggested that the rate of economic participation of these women can be substantially raised through the introduction of appropriate measures if these are carried out with true letter and spirit.

    Socio-Economic Development, Working Women, House Wives
    (1) Saima Urooge
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Islamia College University Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Noor Jehan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Bibi Aisha Sadiqa
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.