Hijab and Social Cultural Factors among Urban Women of Pakistan
Keywords:
Hijab, Dress, Religion, Family, IdentityAbstract
This present paper is one of the rare attempts to empirically investigate social cultural factors connected with hijab in urban society of Pakistan. These factors include family dress, religious sect, geographical identity, and socioeconomic status of the hijab-wearing women. The present study is based on comparisons involving various forms of dress. Four hundred and sixty women from various parts of the country and representing other demographics participated in the study. They were required to report the information regarding the social cultural factors under investigation. The analyses included chi-square and log-linear tests. There was a significant relationship between the dress and aforementioned factors. However, among these variables, family dress was found to be the strongest correlate of the dress of the participants. These results maintain that the practices in the immediate environment of hijab wearers (such as family) tend to have a major effect on their dress code.
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