Impact of Rural Women Education On Household Welfare

Female education is necessary for the growth of the economy and having a remarkable effect on the reduction of poverty, raising level of income, and reducing unemployment from the backward areas of Pakistan. The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of rural women education on household welfare in the area of District Rahim Yar Khan. For this purpose, we developed a questionnaire to collect primary data from a sample of 320 women having age from 18 to 70 years living in district Rahim Yar Khan. The sample was taken randomly and the questionnaire was filled through field survey. The results show that educated female involvement in household affairs enhanced the welfare as well as reduce poverty level at micro level due to increase in family income. The evidence shows that education level must be increased among the women in order to reduce poverty. Policy implications of this study is that the role of women should be enhanced in the economic activities to accelerate national income because the population of women is more than 50 percent and increase their participation rate in economic activities will not only increase level of output but also raise per capita income as well as raise living standard.