Table 2 Summary of selected studies on health indicators and labor force participation in Pakistan
From: Effects of health on changing labor force participation in Pakistan
Study | Country | Period | Methodology | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hou and Ma (2012) | Pakistan | Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (2008) | Correlation | Women’s decision-making power has a significant positive correlation with maternal health services uptake and that influential males’ decision-making power has the opposite effect. |
Chaudhary et al. (2012) | Pakistan | 1996-2009 | Granger causality test | Consciousness of women about their rights, economic empowerment of women and women’s overall development have positive and significant effect on women’s empowerment. |
Farid-ul- Hasnain et al. (2012) | Pakistan | Qualitative study (Questionnaires) | Focus group discussions | Equality among young adults, pointing towards an increasing, sound interaction between the sexes and aspirations for more gender equal relationships. |
Khilji et al. (2012) | Pakistan | 1980-2010 | Cointgration Test | Increase in labour force participation rate found to be helping in increasing the GDP growth rate, vocation training and literacy rate in the country. |
Ahmad (2012) | Pakistan | Patient based survey | Multivariate logistic regression model | Incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes and symptoms of common mental health problems for women during the postnatal period and low weight births and malnutrition among neonates. |