期刊名称：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti Bulletin : Economic Sciences Series
印刷版ISSN：2284-8576
电子版ISSN：2247-8582
出版年度：2013
卷号：1
页码：47-62
出版社：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
摘要：The aim of this study is to investigate the existence of the rising cost of living and to examine the responses of the community against this problem in KPK Pakistan. The rising cost of living dilemma is not faced by only one country. The study highlights the factors which enhance the rising cost of living in KPK. These factors are Income level, Price and population. The primary data were collected from the six districts of KPK Pakistan. The study targeted 150 respondents randomly for data collection. The six districts were Peshawar, Charsada, Mardan, Bannu, Noshehra and Kohat. Six hypotheses were developed which were tested under one tail t-test. Findings show that out of the six hypotheses, two null hypotheses were rejected and the rest of four were accepted. This result is due to the fact that the respondents did not agree with the statement of the fourth hypothesis which was established in the study. The four hypotheses were about migration, multiple jobs, job hopping and community members express their preferences over the basic items and over the luxurious items which were not accepted. The community members do not leave their home town, do not take any interest in multiple jobs, because they spend their time with their families, they do not take any interest in job hopping and they are undecided whether to give preference to the luxurious items or not due to the social status, as they consider these items as status symbols because they feel that these luxurious items become daily life practice.
