Influence Of Self Help Groups On Economic Empowerment Of Women In Rongo Sub County, Migori County, Kenya
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Date
2016Author
Nyagwanga, Gladys N
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ThesisLanguage
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Poverty in most families in Kenya is very high, Central Kamagambo ward, Rongo sub
county, Migori County being one of the poor and least densely populated areas.
Therefore this study was to help examine the influence of SHGs on economic
empowerment of women in Central Kamagambo ward, Migori county,Kenya.The study
is guided by the following objectives: To establish the extent to which socio-economic
background of SHG members influence economic empowerment of women in Central
Kamagambo Ward, Migori County, to establish the extent to which training of members
of SHG influence the economic empowerment of women in Kamagambo Ward, to
establish the extent to which regular groups meetings of the SHG members influence the
economic empowerment of women in Central Kamagambo Ward and finally to establish
how the SHG members benefit economically from membership individually. The study
was also be guided by the theory of group development whose prominent was Tuckman
Bruce in 1965.The theory emphasize five stages that the group has to undergo in order to
achieve harmony, cohesion and development. These stages are forming, storming,
norming, performing and adjourning .The study population was thirty SHGs with a total
of six hundred member’s .The data collection method was a combination of simple
random sampling and stratified sampling procedures. The study adopted descriptive
design to analyze the primary data and use ordinal scale to measure various indicators.
The data was analyzed using frequency distribution table. Qualitative data in a form of
experience, opinion and suggestion will be analyzed by using frequency distribution
tables to strengthen the quantitative findings. A total of 120 questionnaires were
administered to cover the SHG members in Kabuoro, Koderobara and Kanyig’ombe
locations, Central Kamagambo Ward. The study exposes the facts based on simple
random sampling and stratified sampling to measure the economic empowerment of
women in Central Kamagambo ward. A descriptive technique has been used. The list of
members has been obtained from each group and twenty members have been selected by
using simple random method. Thus 10% of 1200 members were selected to form a base
of the study. The questionnaire was prepared for the selected SHGs members and care
was taken to avoid errors in data collection
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University of Nairobi
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Economic Empowerment Of WomenRights
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