Tahir Nadeem|Nasreen Akhtar|Masood Ahmad
A Study of the Relationship between Family Income and Literacy Level
Islamia University of Bahawalpur|Islamia University of Bahawalpur|Islamia University of Bahawalpur
many socioeconomic factors influence literacy rate pakistan poverty known main factor considered coexisted low literacy skills achievements established link poverty illiteracy developing countries poverty forces people child labor produces illiteracy illiterates forced take lowincome jobs produce poverty thus poverty illiteracy cyclical relationship study launched probe link family income acquisition literacy skills main aim study examine cooccurrence family income participants learning achievement level explore role income participants literacy skills recommend certain measures improve literacy study descriptive survey method adopted gather data people district bahawalpur two types research tools employed current study first tool adapted lao national literacy survey 2001 based household information second tool test adapted lao national literacy survey 2001 measures basic literacy skills reading writing numeracy visual skills background information respondents researcher used two separate sheets respondent one sheet used households basic information compilation test results literacy skills respondents gathering complete information respondents data organized analyzed statistically main finding study reflective high family income correlates higher level literacy skills lowerincome lower level literacy skills based findings study recommended government launch facilitating programs needy vulnerable wards society