Islamabad: According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan , 29% of all Pakistanis from across the country claim that the area they live in has a security guard while a majority of 71% said they do not. It should be noted that all private formal security guards are not necessarily from formal security agencies.
In a survey, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the country were asked the following question: “Has any authority or residents of your area collectively kept a security guard for your street?” Twenty nine percent (29%) replied in affirmative whereas 71% said that there is no security guard appointed for their area.
The findings of the survey revealed that considerably greater number of urbanites (49%) as compared to ruralites (18%) said that they have a security guard appointed in their area. It can also be seen that with increase in income, ownership of a security guard increased. 26% of who earn up to Rs. 7000 and 57% of who earned more than Rs. 30,000 claimed that their area has a security guard.
The study was released by Gilani foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan , the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International. The recent survey was carried out among a sample of 2718 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during February 2011. Error margin is estimated to be approximately + 2-3 per cent at 95% confidence level.
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