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Revealing ideal number of children by households : a socioeconomic analysis using Pakistan demographic and health survey
Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Bari, Khadija Malik - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 8 (2014) 3, pp. 887-899
Most of the developing economies including Pakistan are facing the problem of rapid population growth. All the efforts … women development in Pakistan. …
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Measuring and modeling the fertility profile of indigenous people in Pakistan : a study of the Arians
Nasir, Jamal Abdul; Tahir, M. H.; Riaz, Muhammad - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 4 (2010) 2, pp. 132-146
demographic research in Pakistan. Keeping this view in mind, this paper evaluates the fertility profile of the Arians, an … indigenous community in Pakistan. A random sample of 510 ever-married Arian women aged (15-49) years was selected from three … districts in Pakistan where most of the Arian population lived. The analysis demonstrated that a minor proportion of Arians …
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What can proximate determinants of fertility tells us about the fertility transition of Pakistan?
Nasir, Jamal Abdul; Hinde, Andrew; Padmadas, Sabu S. - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 9 (2015) 3, pp. 799-817
fertility in these countries. During the past five decades Pakistan experienced a slow pace change in fertility-total fertility … proximate determinants of fertility proposed by Bongaarts to analyse the fertility transition in Pakistan since 1990s. Using the … variation. The results indicate that timing of marriage and contraceptive use are crucial determinants associated with fertility …
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Maternal health care : the case of iron supplementation in India
Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Raza, Muhammad Ali - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 7 (2013) 2, pp. 263-275
Prenatal care is an essential segment of maternal health-care. In this paper an attempt has been made to examine the socioeconomic determinants of maternal iron supplementation and sufficient maternal iron supplementation as components of prenatal care. Micro-data having 25999 and 19764...
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The decomposition analysis of CO 2 emission and economic growth in Pakistan India and China
Attari, Muhammad Irfan Javaid; Attaria, Sumayya Nasim - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 330-343
analysis of PIC nations i.e. Pakistan, India and China. The study also provides the detail information regarding the …
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Personal and job related predictors of teacher stress and job performance among school teachers
Hanif, Rubina; Tariq, Sadaf; Nadeem, Masood - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 319-329
Government and Private Schools of Islamabad (Pakistan). Sample I was comprised of 400 teachers (men and women) from Primary and …
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Risk and return under Shari'a framework : an attempt to develop Shari'a compliant asset pricing model (SCAPM)
Hanif, Muhammad - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 283-292
A speedy emerging area of finance is the Shari'a compliant financial system. In first decade of 21st century Islamic financing has shown tremendous increase and global volume has reached to US $ 1,041 billion by the end of 2009. Being financial intermediaries Islamic Financial Institutions...
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Analyzing the stock markets role as a source of capital formation in Pakistan
Kanasro, Hakim Ali; Junejo, Mumtaz Ali; Junejo, Mansoor … - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 273-282
This paper is to examine the stock markets role in the capital formation in Pakistan from the period 1st January 2001 … of Pakistan and three stock exchanges; Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock exchanges. The stock market size of capital … exchange is the oldest and biggest Stock exchange of Pakistan and it is the first mover to adapt institutional developments …
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Entrepreneurial propensity in Pakistan and UK : a comparative study of Pakistani and UK prospective teachers
Akhtar, Ali; Topping, Keith; Tariq, Riaz H.; Wakefield, … - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 243-265
This research compares entrepreneurial inclination of Pakistani and UK primary level prospective teachers (B.Ed. students). Factor analysis revealed entrepreneurial intentions, instrumental readiness and self-efficacy as three common factors among both the data sets. Both the groups of...
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The dynamic linkages of Pakistani and global stock markets : evidence from Karachi stock exchange
Mohammad, Sulaiman D.; Hussain, Adnan - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 5 (2011) 2, pp. 233-242
The aim of the study is to explore the long run association among Pakistani equity market and some developed and emerging equity markets. Weekly data from the period of 2000 to 2010 was applied in this study. The result highlighted Pakistani equity market well correlated with the American equity...
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