abstract

Although slums and poverty are linked and reinforce each other, the connection is not always clear-cut. Slum inhabitants are not a uniform group. Some people who live in slums prefer to do so despite having higher incomes than workers in the formal economy. Due to their poverty and lack of financial stability, almost all urban unorganized sector workers are compelled to live in slum regions. Even when some of the slum Muslim women work in the unorganized sector or are self-employed, they nevertheless exhibit economic reliance since they cannot make independent decisions regarding financial matters. Thus, the current study demonstrated its value in examining the socioeconomic state and importance of slum Muslim women's income-generating activities.