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Saudi Journal of Economics and Finance (SJEF)
Volume-2 | Issue-05 | 251--256
Original Research Article
Factors Affecting the Scenario of Women Participation in the Agricultural Labor Force in Punjab, Pakistan
Nazia Tabasam, Anuam Arshad, Shabbir Ahmad, Saira Akhtar
Published : Oct. 30, 2018
DOI : 10.36348/sjef
Abstract
The underlying research problem was the outcome of a crucial need to estimate the scenario of women participation in the agricultural labor force in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is an established fact that agriculture is the backbone of the economy of Pakistan and the rural women take part in the agricultural activities with zeal and zest as the male to female ratio is slightly higher in Pakistan according to the census of 2018. There are numerous factors which affect the female participation in the agricultural labor force. Hence, this study was an effort to identify such factors and quantify their effect on female labor force participation decisions in the rural areas of the Punjab Province, Pakistan. Cross Sectional data of 1800 women for the years 2001-02 and 2010-11 were extensively used which was collected by Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES). The identified influencing factors were: Age, educational level, household size, monthly income, and the status of women. The analysis of the logit model showed a positive relationship between female age, educational level, household size, household monthly income, and female as the household head, on the female labor force participation (FLFP) decisions in the agricultural activities. Negative relationship of FLFP was found with married women and the infants (under 5 years) in the household for the year 2001-02. The status of women as daughter, daughter-in-law and others (cousin, aunt etc.) were negatively influencing the FLFP decisions. But for the year 2010-11, the presence of the infants in the household, age, educational level, household size, household monthly income was positively related to FLFP. The status of women in the household as the household head, daughter, daughter-in-law and others (cousin, aunt etc.) were also positively influencing the FLFP decisions in rural areas of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The findings of this present research study suggest that in focusing on the factors that encourage women to participate in agricultural labor force of Pakistan, an economic revolution can be brought in all the socio-economic spheres along with the emancipation of the suppressed women in the other provinces of Pakistan such as Sindh and Baluchistan where though women participate in the labor force but their participation still is not recognized by the dominated male community.
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