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Problems of employed women at Faisalabad , Pakistan

R. Maqsood, B. Chaudhry, Q. Zia, A. Cheema

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Abstract

Sex status is one of the basic causes of such differences in roles to be performed by males and females separately. Pakistani society is also following this universal pattern of differentiated sex-roles and status. The underlying concept of this is the superiority of men as compared to women. This study focused on problems faced by employed women within the current socio-economic conditions in the urban area of Faisalabad District. The selected sample of employed women consists on 70 doctors, 50 bankers and 30 teachers. For the present study a well-designed interviewing schedule was developed after consideration of the basic variables included the research. The collected data was analyzed and the result regarding their income, problems (family, official), satisfaction were tabulated and interpreted on the basis of facts and figures. It is suggested that media can play a vital role to resolve the problems of employed women.

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Sex status is one of the basic causes of such differences in roles to be performed by males and females separately. Pakistani society is also following this universal pattern of differentiated sex-roles and status. The underlying concept of this is the superiority of men as compared to women. This study focused on problems faced by employed women within the current socio-economic conditions in the urban area of Faisalabad District. The selected sample of employed women consists on 70 doctors, 50 bankers and 30 teachers. For the present study a well-designed interviewing schedule was developed after consideration of the basic variables included the research. The collected data was analyzed and the result regarding their income, problems (family, official), satisfaction were tabulated and interpreted on the basis of facts and figures. It is suggested that media can play a vital role to resolve the problems of employed women.

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Sex status is one of the basic causes of such differences in roles to be performed by males and females separately. Pakistani society is also following this universal pattern of differentiated sex-roles and status. The underlying concept of this is the superiority of men as compared to women. This study focused on problems faced by employed women within the current socio-economic conditions in the urban area of Faisalabad District. The selected sample of employed women consists on 70 doctors, 50 bankers and 30 teachers. For the present study a well-designed interviewing schedule was developed after consideration of the basic variables included the research. The collected data was analyzed and the result regarding their income, problems (family, official), satisfaction were tabulated and interpreted on the basis of facts and figures. It is suggested that media can play a vital role to resolve the problems of employed women.

Key concepts: Interview, Schedule, Sample (material), Psychology, Demography, Sociology, Economics, Management

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