Open AccessDETERMINANTS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN PAKISTAN: EXPLORING NEW DIMENSIONS FROM PSLM (2013-14)
Author(s) -
Saima Haleem,
Mukhtyar Nabi,
Saddam Hussain
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.v3i4.309
Subject(s) - empowerment , marital status , descriptive statistics , government (linguistics) , logistic regression , affect (linguistics) , ninth , sample (material) , psychology , sociology , socioeconomics , economic growth , demography , statistics , economics , population , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , physics , communication , acoustics , chemistry , chromatography
Women empowerment means the authority provided to women in order to challenge any situation. This study aims to identifying the determinants of women empowerment and decision making. The data was collected from Pakistan Social & Living Standard Measurement Survey (PSLM), the Federal Bureau of Statistics, and Government of Pakistan 2013-14 by using some proxies obtainable in the data set. Here the researchers used Logistic Regression model to examine the determinants of women empowerment. Secondary data was obtained from various books, articles, journals, officially published data, factual accounts, and research work of researchers. The actual sample contains data from PSLM (from the ninth round of surveys conducted till June 2015). The descriptive statistics show the determinants which affect women’s decision making in the fields of employment and education. These factors are marital status, level of education, age factor, employment status, wealth quintiles, regions, and provinces. Keywords: Determinants, Women, Empowerment, PSLM