IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/jso/coejss/v2y2013i2p55-61.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Analysis of the Extent of Women’s Contribution to Household Welfare

Author

Listed:
  • Ojo, C. O.

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri)

  • Wurani, B. A.

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri)

Abstract

The study analyzed the extent of women’s contribution to household welfare among rural households in Mubi North local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Fifty respondents were randomly selected across five wards in the study area. The instrument used was structured questionnaire. The analytical tool used in the study was descriptive statistics. The results revealed that most respondents were married (92%) while mean age was 42 years. About 56% of women in the study area engaged in farming and 44% engaged in trading/business. Most women in the study area earned an average of N348 000 per month. It was also observed that 98% of the women contributed to children’s clothing and 96% to provision of food. The study recommended that Government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and women support groups should introduce more skill acquisition programmes in the rural areas for women, to enhance women’s access to income.

Suggested Citation

  • Ojo, C. O. & Wurani, B. A., 2013. "Analysis of the Extent of Women’s Contribution to Household Welfare," Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), , vol. 2(2), pages 55-61, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:jso:coejss:v:2:y:2013:i:2:p:55-61
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.centreofexcellence.net/J/JSS/Vol2/No2/article2,2_2_pp55-61.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:jso:coejss:v:2:y:2013:i:2:p:55-61. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: COES&RJ LLC. Maintainer-Workplace-Name: Centre of Excellence for Scientific & Research Journalism - COES&RJ LLC Maintainer-Address: 10685-B Hazelhurst Dr., Houston, TX 77043, USA or the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.