Employment’s Impact on Household Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Multan District
Journal Title: Global Social Sciences Review - Year 2019, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
This study analyzed the association between household employment and household poverty using logit regression on survey data of Multan District. It is found that qualification of household head, gender of household head, household employment rate, number of males employed in formal sector, number of females employed in informal sector, females permitted to paid work outside home, female’s autonomy to utilize household resources, possession of agricultural land, residence, possession of livestock and government health facility in household’s vicinity have significantly negative impact on probability of household’s poverty. Household size and number of children (≤ 5 years) are positively associated with household poverty. It is suggested that empowering women and creating productive employment opportunities in both formal and informal sectors may help to reduce poverty..
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Imran Sharif Chaudhry, Saeed ur Rahman, Fatima Farooq
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- DOI 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).09
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