A Binary Logistic Analysis of the Working Status of Mothers and Impact on the Health and Education of Their Children

Muhammad Daniyal, Iqra Mubeen

Abstract


The present study investigates the impact of working status of the mothers on the health and education of their children. The results are based on observations obtained by the working women. The factors which were found significant in playing their role are joint family system, supportive husband, teaching children by themselves, using different sources to teach the children, allowing children to play outside, taunting the children, taking care of the health of their children by taking care of different factors, providing the proper medical and educational facilities, providing the proper time to them, attending the parents teacher meeting, checking the class work of the children regularly, keeping proper check on the children and the mental stress to them.


Keywords


Working women; Social behavior; Cleanliness; Joint family system; Educational facilities; Binary logistic regression

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