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Determinants <strong>of</strong> Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan 213<br />

Table-3: Results <strong>of</strong> Urban Areas<br />

Variable Description Probit Logit<br />

Coefficients<br />

Marginal<br />

Effects<br />

Coefficients Marginal<br />

Effects<br />

Constant -1.878* -0.340 -3.266* -0.31<br />

Age <strong>of</strong> the female 0.017* 0.004 0.031* 0.00<br />

Married=1,Otherwise0 -0.214* -0.062 -0.425* -0.06<br />

Years <strong>of</strong> <strong>School</strong>ing 0.022* 0.007 0.046* 0.01<br />

No. <strong>of</strong> working people<br />

in family<br />

0.511* 0.079 0.994* 0.08<br />

Family size -0.134* -0.022 -0.289* -0.02<br />

Nuclear=1,Otherwise 0 0.097* 0.028 0.219* 0.03<br />

If own car, Motorcycle,<br />

cycle=1,Otherwise 0<br />

Weighted index <strong>of</strong> home<br />

appliances<br />

If female<br />

head=1,Otherwise 0<br />

Infant+ children per<br />

female<br />

Infant+ children per<br />

female sqr<br />

0.072* 0.088 0.119* 0.08<br />

-0.235* -0.021 -0.428* -0.02<br />

0.497* 0.075 0.971* 0.07<br />

0.365* 0.056 0.754* 0.06<br />

-0.044* -0.007 -0.089*<br />

No. <strong>of</strong> observations 42978 42978<br />

R 2 2.13E-01 0.2188<br />

Scaled R 2 1.62E-01 0.1637<br />

Fraction <strong>of</strong> Correct<br />

Predictions<br />

9.14E-01 0.9153<br />

*, **, *** presents significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% level respectively

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