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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 384-385
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.384.385
A Study to investigate the Attitude of People Towards Female Employment in Faisalabad City
Iqbal Zafar Usman Kha, Nazia Malik and Sajjad Niazi Khan

Abstract: Female employment means when a women is regularly engaged in an occupational activity where she is paid for her services. The main objective of our study the socio-economic character of employed women. The other main objective to investigate the public opinion towards working women and female employment and also investigate the factors which affect public opinion. The study was conducted in Faisalabad city and our total respondents were 120. We use interviewing schedule for collect the data. Different statistical technique i.e. percentage and chi-square were used for the analysis purpose. The results showed that most of womens joined their services to shoulder the economic responsibility of the family for rising their living standard. They faced a lot of problems such as attitude of society members, prejudices and unrecognition which the working women encounter with regard their status and their role in the economic life. Majority (55.8%) respondents thought that job effects the family relations positively. While (19.2%) gave opinion against the statement.

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Iqbal Zafar Usman Kha, Nazia Malik and Sajjad Niazi Khan, 2002. A Study to investigate the Attitude of People Towards Female Employment in Faisalabad City. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2: 384-385.

Keywords: Female employment and occupational activity and socio-economic activity

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