Economic Status and Subjective Wellbeing of Sikh Community in District Peshawar, Pakistan

Naheed  Hussain; Amjad  Amin; Farmanullah

doi:10.47067/ramss.v4i1.121

Authors

Naheed Hussain Assistant Professor, Pakistan Study, Government Girls Degree College No.1 Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan
Amjad Amin Professor, Economic Department, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
Farmanullah Lecturer Pakistan Study Centre University of Peshawar, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v4i1.121

Keywords:

Sikh Community, Economic Status, District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Subjective Wellbeing

Abstract

This paper explores the economic status of the Sikh community residing in District Peshawar, Pakistan. The economic variables have been measured in terms of house status, house nature and different facilities in house, income of the respondents and their different monthly expenditure. A sample of 310 households has been selected through purposive sampling. The multi-variate regression analysis was applied to measure the wellbeing. The quantitative data reveals that more than eighty percent respondents (84.4%) supported the view that they have a stable economic status based on cloths, cosmetics and mobiles. Material Living Condition, Health access and status, Natural and Living Environment (NLE), and Education Access and Status (EA&S) is positively related to wellbeing. Personal Safety (PS) and security affecting the wellbeing of the Sikh community. The Health Access and Status (HA&S) and Social Relation and Cohesion (SR&C) is negatively related (-.147) to wellbeing. The government should ensure personal safety, health and education access and better natural and living environment for Sikh community in the country in general and Peshawar in particular.

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