Factors Influencing Women's Participation in Economic Activities in Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Back ground to the Study
1.1 Statement of the problem
1.2 General Objective
1.4 Specific Objectives
1.5 Hypotheses
1.6 Scope
1.6.1 Geographic Scope
1.6.2 Content Scope
1.7 Significance of the study
1.8 Conceptual Frame work

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Nature of Economic Activities
2.3 Status of Women in Uganda
2.4 Factors Influencing Women’s Participation in Economic Activities
2.5 Women and Education
2.7 Women and Credit
2.8 Defining Economic Development
2.8.1 Factors Affecting Economic Development
2.8.2 Women and Development

CHAPTER THREE

METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research Design
3.3 Choice of the Research Area
3.4 Sample Size and Selection
3.5 Sampling and Sampling Techniques
3.6 Data Types and Data Sources
3.6.1 Primary data
3.6.2 Secondary data
3.7 Instruments of Data Collection
3.7.2 Interviews
3.7.3 Focus Group Discussions
3.8 Data Processing and Analysis
3.9 Model Specification
3.10 Justification of the Variables

CHAPTER FOUR

PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Univariate and Bi-variate Analysis
4.2.1 Employment Status and Participation in Economic Activities
4.2.2 Factors Influencing Women’s Participation in Economic Activities
a) Marital status
b) Education level
c) Access to Capital
d) Accessibility of land
e) Access to Health facilities
f) Age
g) Number of Children
4.3 Multivariate Analysis
4.3.1 Assessing the Goodness Fit of the Model
4.3.2 Age
4.3.3 Marital Status
4.3.4 Access to land
4.3.5 Access to Capital
4.3.6 Number of Children
4.3.7 Level of Education
4.3.8 Access to Health Services
4.4 Possible Ways of Increasing Women’s Participation in Economic Activities in Uganda.

CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Summary of Key Findings
5.3 Conclusion
5.4 General Recommendations
5.5 Suggestions for Further Research

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