A STUDY ON GENDER DISPARITIES AND FACTORS OF FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
Keywords:
Female employment, Marital status, Education, descriptive statisticsAbstract
Nearly half of the world's population is women, who have enormous potential but are underutilized in terms of contributing to the country's economic progress. The primary goal of the study is to analyze the gender disparities and socioeconomic variables that have an impact on women's employment, specifically with regard to Punjab. The employment of women is influenced by a variety of socioeconomic factors, including marital status, family history, education, and consideration of neighbors and relatives, among others. These variables have an impact both directly and indirectly. This research article analyses the comparative study between the Ludhiana and ferozepur district using primary data. To determine the real outcome, descriptive statistics are used to analyze the data. The result revealed that Ludhiana women have more jobs as compare to ferozepur district. There are 38.6 percent of females who have never been married in Ludhiana district, 55.4 percent of them who are currently married, 6.7 percent who are widowed, and 2.5 percent who are divorced and live apart from their spouses in ferozepur while 1.6 percent in Ludhiana district.
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