Factors Affecting the Growth of Youth Micro Enterprises in Kikuyu, Kiambu County, Kenya
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Date
2016Author
Itibe, Caroline, N
Type
ThesisLanguage
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The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting the growth of youth
microenterprises in Kikuyu constituency. The study adopted descriptive survey design.
The data was collected through a self-administered structured questionnaire. The research
instrument was piloted for validity through content related method and reliability through
half-split criterion. The target population was all the youth microenterprises operating in
Kikuyu constituency. Given that there was no sampling frame, the sample size was
determined using purposeful sampling. Thus, a sample size of 162 registered
microenterprises was used. Out of the 162 questionnaires that were administered, 140
questionnaires were duly filled and returned and therefore regarded as the responsive
instrument and formed the basis for data analysis. This formed a questionnaire return rate
of 86.42%. Data was analyzed through the use of a computer software SPSS. The data
collected was analyzed by descriptive statistics. Factor analysis was conducted to
determine the factor affecting the growth of microenterprises. Descriptive statistics such
as frequencies and percentages were used to describe the data. The analyzed data was
presented in form of tables. The study found out managerial skills, innovation, training
and mentorship, financing, networking and enterprise culture affect the growth of
microenterprise with a correlation coefficient of 0.964, 0.913, 0.847, 0.981, 0.756, and
0.793 respectively. The study recommends that the government needs to establish
training centers for training managerial and technical courses for the small enterprises
entrepreneurs as well as business information centers. The study further suggests that
more research be carried out to determine the role of technology in the growth of
microenterprises.
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University of Nairobi
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