A Case Study of Pakistan Determinants of Female Labour Force in South Asia Figure 6: Provincial FLFP level analysis by Quintiles Percentage 100 90 80 70 7.08 60 14.04 50 4.4 4.95 40 11.45 9.27 30 36.87 20 25.38 23.03 10 10.51 10.5 11.84 0 First Quin ti le Second Quin ti le Third Quin ti le Income quin til es 4.6 9.94 23.75 10.52 Fourth Quin til e KPK Punjab Sindh Baluchistan 12.01 12.76 25.55 17.09 Fi fth Quin ti le Source: Author’s own calculations based on LFS 2017-18 In addition, the rural-urban divide should also be analyzed to gauge a better picture of the overall FLFP trends and so that the Government of Pakistan can undertake targeted interventions where needed. Figure 7 below highlights that almost all the provinces have higher FLFP rates in rural areas with the gap decreasing with increasing levels of income. One exception is that of Balochistan where urban women have higher participation rates than rural women. 24