Begging has experienced as more vital social issue in urban areas of developing countries. It has considered a product of numerous social problems such as poverty, unemployment, breakage of family, lack of education and so on. Current study aims to examine the socio-economic disparities among beggars in different locations of district Lahore_Pakistan. This study is comprised on primary as well as secondary data. Primary data were obtained from beggars through questionnaires. This study showed that majority of beggars was found illiterate and resided in rented house in the study area. They were also deprived from safe drinking water, ownership of house, electricity and educational facilities. The socio economic characteristics revealed that begging was more frequent among male, illiterate, married and aged people, while socio cultural characteristics revealed that it was more frequent among Muslims as Muslims were found more generous than non-Muslims. It recommends that the government, NGO’s, and welfare institutions need to play their roles to alleviate the incidence of begging. It also recommends further research works to address the problem of begging.
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Begging, Poverty, Unemployment, Educational Status, Average of Daily Income, Total Family Income
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