Attitudes of Illiterate Rural Parents towards Female Higher Education: Uncovering Disparities and Patterns
Keywords:
Illiterate, Rural Parents, Parents’ Attitude, Female Higher EducationAbstract
For the sake of society and the economy, investing in female education is worthwhile and highly needed. In Pakistan, the area of Punjab is highly literate, but the situation of female higher education is not encouraging, especially in rural areas. Thus, the study examined the attitude of rural, uneducated parents about female higher education. The study was delimited to the Sahiwal division. From the Sahiwal Division, one tehsil from each district was randomly selected. From each tehsil, 150 rural illiterate parents were conveniently selected. Thus, the sample size was 450 (150 from each district) illiterate parents. The researcher used a valid structured questionnaire with a reliability of 0.74. The data underwent analysis through the utilization of SPSS version 26. The findings indicated that illiterate rural parents supported their daughters' higher education.
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