Open AccessCULTURAL VALUES ABOUT GENDER INEQUALITIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH IN RURAL PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Author(s) -
Saira Siddiqui,
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Nabeela Farah,
Nazia Malik,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-3137
pISSN - 2710-3129
DOI - 10.52567/pjsr.v3i3.224
Subject(s) - inequality , qualitative property , rural area , qualitative research , gender inequality , sample (material) , mental health , psychology , socioeconomics , sociology , geography , social science , political science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , statistics , chemistry , chromatography , law , psychotherapist
The cultural values about gender inequalities and their influence on women’s health is the subject of this paper. The aim is to know the association of cultural values, their background regarding socio-economic characteristics and beliefs about gender inequalities and the health of women. Also, policy measures with a view to the findings are considered. For this, quantitative and qualitative data was collected from the rural areas of Faisalabad and Multan Districts situated in Punjab, Pakistan. For quantitative study, a sample of 500 rural women was selected, for interviews and for qualitative study, 8 FGDs were conducted with the rural women belonging to different socio-economic backgrounds. Qualitative information was analyzed through content analysis techniques and SPSS was used to analyze quantitative data. The results showed that gender inequality was positively related with the mental and physical health of women. The recommendations are that the government should monitor all the tiers of the social structure to diagnose the limitations so that the programs to enhance equalities are promoted. Key Words: Gender Inequalities, Cultural Values, Health