A Case Study of Pakistan Determinants of Female Labour Force in South Asia Figure 8: Women’s education and sector of work KPK 100 80 60 40 20 0 First Second Third Fourth Fi fth Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le No formal educa ti on Middle Intermediate Primary Matric Higher Baluchistan 100 80 60 40 20 0 First Second Third Fourth Fi fth Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le No formal educa ti on Middle Intermediate Primary Matric Higher Punjab 100 80 60 40 20 0 First Second Third Fourth Fi fth Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le No formal educa ti on Middle Intermediate Primary Matric Higher Sindh 100 80 60 40 20 0 First Second Third Fourth Fi fth Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le Quin ti le No formal educa ti on Middle Intermediate Primary Matric Higher Source: Author’s own calculations based on LFS 2017-18 In order to understand if it is actually the case, the data analysis of the type of contract women are engaged in with respect to the household income affirms the aforementioned claim of correlation. It is the poorest women who are engaged in casual contracts with the percentage of those with regular contracts increasing with increasing levels of income. This difference is massive in Baluchistan where there is a surge in regular contracts for women with every increasing level of income. This provincial analysis of FLFP shows how women belonging to richer households not only have higher levels of education but also implies that they likely have the necessary skills to be able to bargain for and attain regular contracts. 26