Impact of Financial Independence and Societal Expectations on the Role Played by Women in Household Dynamics
Abstract
This study analyses how societal issues and financial independence affect women's domestic relationships in Islamabad, Pakistan. Using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), the study evaluates how factors such as financial independence, societal expectancy, job discrimination, and financial decision-making affect dynamics in general, family roles, and decision-making of women. The results demonstrate how financial independence and sound financial judgment of women may greatly enhance household dynamics, highlighting their revolutionary potential. But more importantly, societal barriers that include occupational discrimination and demographic characteristics such as ageing, marital status, as well as educational attainment, all had no direct impact on household dynamics for women. These show the need for legislation, which removes structural obstacles of structural factors to women's empowerment in just family dynamics. Similarly, having economic independence is crucially important in just family dynamics.
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