Women Microfinance Users and Their Association with Improvement in Quality of Life
Evidence from Pakistan
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| ID | 6138380 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Sara Rizvi Jafree (0000-0001-5141-1107, University of the Punjab, Forman Christian College., autor correspondente), Khalil Ahmad (0000-0001-5536-7668, University of the Punjab) |
| Ano | 2013 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 73-73 |
| Data de publicação | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Asian Women (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1225-925X • E-ISSN: 2586-5714 |
| Editora | XMLink (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14431/aw.2013.12.29.4.73 |
| OpenAlex | W2208298415 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 1 |
The present study aimed to examine improvements in the quality of life of women utilizing microfinance in urban Lahore, Pakistan. Random sampling was used to identify 5 microfinance providers in the region, and at a second stage of the study, quota sampling was used to interview 149 women users from microfinance site offices. A questionnaire was developed to measure quality of life in four categories: economic, family, health, and decision-making ability. Data was analyzed through the mixed methods approach of reporting descriptive statistics with user comments and use of multivariate regression analysis. Findings reveal that majority women users of microfinance are poor, illiterate, and employed as unskilled labor. Of significance is that some non-economic variables of quality of life were evidenced to improve after loan-taking. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to obtain an odds ratio of relationships between loan portfolio characteristics and improved quality of life. It was evidenced that group borrowing, use of loan for self, not taking loan repayment assistance from household members, attending monthly meetings, and receiving skill and development training all displayed higher odds of improved quality of life in women users. It is recommended that microfinance service provision should not be limited to financial services and should include urgent and compulsory social development features for women clients
Actuarial science · Business · Demographic economics · Descriptive statistics · Economic growth · Economics · Loan · Logistic regression · Microfinance · Multivariate analysis · Odds · Odds ratio · Quality (philosophy · Quality of life (healthcare · Socioeconomics · Statistics · Medicine · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Nursing · Finance
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