THE ROLE OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT IN HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

Abstract

The current research examines the Role of Women Employment in Household The economy in Islamabad, Pakistan. Many past decades, women in Pakistan were alienated from the job markets, which negatively impacts their overalls-economic status. Women occupied almost half of the population of Pakistan, but their economic contribution is less than 25%. The present research, the quantitative research approach was chosen, the study universe was G-9 sectors of Islamabad and the inclusive criteria of the election of respondents were females, living in G-9 sectors and doing jobs. The theory of Modernization Approach to Women’s Autonomy was applied. The closed-ended questionnaires were used and distributed questions among females who are educated and interview with those women who were uneducated or did not understand the English language. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data through the descriptive an inferential way. Findings of the study showed that the majority of women were educated and hold master level degree. They were doing the job with their own will and due to pressure of household economy. Moreover, women were contributing to the household economy in numerous ways, like paying children fees, contribution to household budgets, paying the household utility bills and purchase the materials for the house. Most of the educated women are doing jobs. Furthermore, the majority of women have stated that after their job, the household economic pressure has been minimized and contributing to the overall financial budgeted of house. Additionally, women want to continue their job in future as well and most of them were engaged in saving for their future investment. Despite these still many educated females are idle at home due to socio-cultural factors, where workplace harassment, employment discrimination are the leading factors. The Govt and other civil society organizations need to introduce such policies which give a friendly environment for women who are working outside the home. The results of inferential statistics also showed that there is a correlation between women’s job and overcome the economic burden on the family. Keywords: Women Employment, Household Economy, SPSS, Islamabad, Pakistan, Quantitative, Women’s Autonomy.