Impact of Demographic Determinants of Males towards the Attitude for Women Empowerment
Abstract
The study explores the impact of the demographic variables of males and the attitude of males of society towards the empowerment of working women. It is the need of the hour to improve the status of working women as they perform dual responsibilities as being a reproductive member and also a productive member of the society. This multitasking status of women should be accepted in the society. For this purpose, the educated married males were studied. A sample of 200 respondents was taken from Faisalabad district Pakistan through multistage sampling method. Chi square was applied. Association of age, education, monthly salary and residential area was checked with the trust on working women which was taken as an indicator of males’ attitude. Findings have shown that age, level of education, monthly salary and residential area are associated with the level of trust for the working women
Authors
Aisha Zafar
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, GC Women University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Umer Rafique
Social Welfare Officer, Central Jail Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Asma Bibi
Associate Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Fatima Jinnah Campus University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan