Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of microfinance involvement of women’s freedom of movement empowerment.The cross sectional data for this study is collected by using questionnaires.Using random sampling, 744 households are selected from female clients of Khushhali Bank and Nation...

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Main Authors: Yasmeen, Kausar, Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Macrothink Institute 2014
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15112/1/6659-23893-2-PB.pdf
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description The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of microfinance involvement of women’s freedom of movement empowerment.The cross sectional data for this study is collected by using questionnaires.Using random sampling, 744 households are selected from female clients of Khushhali Bank and National Rural Support Program from three districts namely district Bahawalpur, District Bahawalnagar and district Rahim Yar Kan of Division Bahawalpur, Pakistan.We used the multinomial logit model.The loan size increases women’s freedom of movement empowerment.This paper is intended to be a valuable contribution in term of socio- economic and political arena.This paper recommends that the future research should be done in other province of Pakistan, as there is cultural difference between Punjab, Sarhad and Baluchistan. In addition, the future research can examine the impact of socio cultural factors.
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spelling uum-151122016-04-18T08:09:10Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15112/ Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment Yasmeen, Kausar Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini HQ The family. Marriage. Woman The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of microfinance involvement of women’s freedom of movement empowerment.The cross sectional data for this study is collected by using questionnaires.Using random sampling, 744 households are selected from female clients of Khushhali Bank and National Rural Support Program from three districts namely district Bahawalpur, District Bahawalnagar and district Rahim Yar Kan of Division Bahawalpur, Pakistan.We used the multinomial logit model.The loan size increases women’s freedom of movement empowerment.This paper is intended to be a valuable contribution in term of socio- economic and political arena.This paper recommends that the future research should be done in other province of Pakistan, as there is cultural difference between Punjab, Sarhad and Baluchistan. In addition, the future research can examine the impact of socio cultural factors. Macrothink Institute 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15112/1/6659-23893-2-PB.pdf Yasmeen, Kausar and Abd Karim, Mohd Zaini (2014) Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment. International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting, 4 (2). pp. 361-376. ISSN 2162-3082 http://doi.org/10.5296/ijafr.v4i2.6659 doi:10.5296/ijafr.v4i2.6659 doi:10.5296/ijafr.v4i2.6659
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title Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment
title_full Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment
title_fullStr Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment
title_full_unstemmed Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment
title_short Impact of demographic and loan size on the probabilities of women freedom of movement empowerment
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