scholarly journals Impact of Micro-Credit on Economic Empowerment of Rural Women

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Sultana ◽  
SS Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Income Generating Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Micro Credit

The study was undertaken to analyze the impact of micro-credit on rural women’s economic empowerment. The study was conducted in Bariyali, Teknogpara and Naga villages of Basan and Kayaltia union under Gazipur Sadar Upazila of Gazipur District. A total number of 90 respondents were selected as sample using stratified random sampling technique. Out of 90 respondents, 45 women were involved with Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) micro-credit program. Other 45 women had no involvement with any other micro-credit programs and they belonged to control group. Both these two groups had same socio-demographic characteristics. Survey method was applied and interview schedule was used to collect relevant data from the respondents. For measuring economic empowerment of rural women, three economic indicators ie., personal income, savings behavior and assets ownership were considered and sample t- test was performed to evaluate the impact of micro-credit on economic empowerment. Results of this study indicated significant differences between BRAC and non BRAC women regarding all these economic indicators of empowerment. In all the cases, BRAC women were more economically empowered than those of non BRAC women. It was also found that BRAC women had more active participation in various income generating activities. The study also revealed that the BRAC women received more micro-credit and utilized this for conducting more income generating activities than control group. They earned more income, saved more money and at the same time owned more assets than non BRAC women. The study stressed the need of more loans to be expanded to low income women folk by different GO and NGOs which would ultimately enhance their economic solvency and empower them economically. This would obviously be helpful for the upliftment of the rural women socio-economically. Keywords: Rural women; micro-credit; impact; empowerment DOI: 10.3329/agric.v8i2.7576 The Agriculturists 8(2): 43-49 (2010)

SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN THROUGH MICRO CREDIT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-60
Author(s):  
T. Indumathi ◽  
G. Savaraiah
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Political Empowerment ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Micro Credit

The World Bank's Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Project supports the self helf groups of the women members. It promotes women's social, economic, legal and political empowerment to reduce poverty among the poor and the poorest of the poor. The important object of this article is to examine the impact of micronance on the socio economic empowerment of the rural women supported by the national reputed NGO- Rashtriya Seva Samithi (RASS). 184 women members of the SHGs promoted by Rasthriya Seva Samathi (RASS) an NGO which located in Tirupati town. 184 samples are selected randomly from 15 SHGs scattered throughout the Tirupati rural mandal (Taluk) from the area of the study have been considered to conduct the present research study. The study reveals that 87.71 percent of the sample women were below the poverty line before joining the SHGs. As a result of SHG, about 40 percent of the sample women crossed the poverty line. The highest intensive value indicates that more women have participated in social agitations for the welfare of the children and the society. The second highest intensity reveals that considerable numbers of women of SHGs have participated in the government sponsored schemes. The 1st point secured 3rd rank with total intensity value of 605 which status that the micro credit has resulted in increased social status and empowerment.

The Impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and relationship marketing on relationship maintainer and customer loyalty by mediating role of customer satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Anam Bhatti ◽  
Sumbal Arif ◽  
Marium Marium ◽  
Sohail Younas
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The Impact

CSR has become one of the imperative implements in satisfying customers. The impartial of this research is to calculate CSR, relationship marketing, and customer satisfaction. There is no more study accompanied in Pakistan to quantify the effect of CSR and relationship marketing on the relationship maintainer and customer loyalty. To find out deductive approach and survey method is used as research approach and research strategy respectively. This research design is descriptive and quantitative study. For data, collection questionnaire method with semantic differential scale and seven point scales are adopted. Data has been collected by adopting the non-probability convenience technique as sampling technique and the sample size is 400. For factor confirmatory factor analysis, structure equation modeling and medication analysis, regression analysis Amos software were used. Strong empirical evidence supports that the customer’s perception of CSR performance is highly influenced by the values

scholarly journals Impact of Cognitive Restructuring and Token Economy Techniques on Truancy Reduction among Secondary School Students in Lagos State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Afolasade Airat Sulaiman ◽  
Stella Ihuoma Uhuegbu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Token Economy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
The Impact

This study examined the impact of cognitive restructuring and token economy techniques on the reduction of truancy among secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a pre-test, post-test, control group design with a multistage sampling technique as the sampling method. Judgmental sampling technique was used to select two from the six Education Districts in Lagos State, simple random sampling technique was adopted to select six schools; three schools from each of the two Education Districts and 170 truants out of the 216 randomly selected based on the class attendance register completed the study. Truancy Behaviour Questionnaire (TBQ) with a reliability index of .87 was the instrument for the study. Data were analysed and presented with descriptive and ANOVA statistics at .05 level of significance. Findings showed that the two techniques were effective for the reduction of truancy but the token economy technique had a better effect. Sex had no significant effect on the reduction of truancy but females play truants more than males. Based on the findings, the token economy therapy was recommended as an ideal technique for counselling and guiding students against truancy.

scholarly journals The Effect of Government Policy on Housing Delivery in Nigeria: A Case Study of Port Harcourt Low Income Housing Programme

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Owuike Iheme ◽  
James Bassey Effiong ◽  
Samuel Bassey Ekung
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Income Group ◽  
Mortgage Market ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
High Interest Rate ◽  
Housing Needs ◽  
The Impact

Housing is one of the most important needs of individuals next to food and clothing. Housing needs for low income earners has reached an alarming stage in Nigeria. On the supply side, numerous government policies have earlier aimed at disabling the massive shortage through numerous housing reform programmes. Despite these preceding efforts, housing remains an illusion to an average Nigerian. This research assessed the effect of government policy on housing delivery in Nigeria. The objectives were to determine housing needs of the low income group in Nigeria and to determine the impact of government policies on affordable housing provision to the low income group. Survey method was used to collect data from 44 respondents through the administration of questionnaires which was analyzed with statistical tools. The findings from the study shows that insufficient fund is closely related to other finance related factors identified as barriers to the accessibility of public housing by the low income group who are non-public servants. Such factors as high interest rate, low per capita income, lack of security of income, lack of collateral and high cost of public houses. The study suggest the creation of a viable secondary mortgage market, improvement of land registration and allocation, compassionate urban renewal programmes, cost saving house designs amongst others.

scholarly journals Assess the Effectiveness of Video-assisted Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Non-scalpel Vasectomy among Married Men in Selected Area in Rural Community

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Pratibha Wankhede ◽  
Shrutika Gode ◽  
Achal Gulghane ◽  
Vaibhav Hatwar ◽  
Subodh Itkalwar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Video Assisted ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Vasectomy is a surgical procedure in which the two tubes that carry sperm from the two testicles to the urinary tract are surgically altered, preventing sperm from passing through and fertilizing a woman's egg during sexual intercourse. Objective: To determine the level of awareness of non-scalpel vasectomy and the impact of a video-assisted training programme among married males in a rural region. Community. To determine the relationship between the effectiveness of a video-assisted training programme on non-scalpel vasectomy knowledge and a set of demographic variables. Methods: A descriptive survey method design. We conducted the descriptive research design study in the Wardha district of Maharashtra. We search for the rural area in Wardha district and men in the area. A total number of 100 men were taken inside this study. The study uses a non-probability convenient sampling technique. Results: Findings from the study reveal that assess the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching on knowledge regarding non-scalpel among married men in selected area of Wardha district. There was an increase in the knowledge about non-scalpel vasectomy. The educational program is most important for enhancing the knowledge of the community men regarding non-scalpel vasectomy. Conclusion: Our study draws the following conclusions to assess the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching on knowledge regarding non-scalpel vasectomy among married men are the very poor level of knowledge and accompanied by a lot of misconceptions.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF TRANSLANGUAGING APPROACH ON TEACHING ARABIC READING IN A MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOM

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saidna Zulfiqar Bin-Tahir ◽  
Ummu Saidah ◽  
Nuril Mufidah ◽  
Riki Bugis
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Written Test ◽  
Multilingual Classroom ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Better Than

 The study aimed at measuring the effect of translanguaging approach in teaching Arabic reading comprehension to the second semester students of Indonesian Education Department, Universitas Iqra Buru. 64 students involved as the participants through simple random sampling technique. 32 students participated in each of the experimental and control group. The researchers used reading test of written test to obtain information about the students’ achievemnt in reading on the use of translanguaging approach and it was distributed to the respondents after the last treatment given. To find out the mean score, standard deviation and the t-test value between the pretest and the posttest the researchers used the SPSS 17 program. The researchers found that the use of translanguaging approach in learning Arabic reading comprehension improves the students’ ability of Arabic reading comprehension is better than the conventional method.

Impact of Medicaid expansion on pancreatic cancer care: A difference-in-difference analysis.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18567-e18567
Author(s):  
Ahmad Hamad ◽  
Mariam Eskander ◽  
Yaming Li ◽  
Oindrila Bhattacharyya ◽  
James L Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Ductal Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Medicaid Expansion ◽  
Difference In Difference ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Expansion Period

e18567 Background: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased insurance coverage for low-income individuals, which should potentially lead to better access to care and improved oncological outcomes. This study seeks to evaluate the impact of Medicaid expansion (ME) on care for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods: Patients who were uninsured or on Medicaid and diagnosed with PDAC between 2004 and 2017 were queried from the National Cancer Database (NCDB). Two different expansion cohorts were included: early expansion states and 2014 expansion states. For early expansion states, the time period of pre-expansion was 2004-2009 and post-expansion was 2010-2017. As for the 2014 expansion states, the pre-expansion period was from 2004-2013 and post-expansion period was from 2014-2017. Patients in non-expansion states formed the control group. A difference-in-difference (DID) analysis was used to assess the association of ME with stage of diagnosis, treatment and survival for each expansion cohort. Results: In both early and January 2014 expansion states, there was an increase in overall Medicaid coverage (Early: DID = 0.29, 2014: DID = 0.37; P < 0.001), in particular for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Black patients (Non-Hispanic Black: Early: DID = 0.11, 2014: DID = 0.11; P < 0.001, Hispanic-Black: 2014: DID = 0.20; P = 0.003). There were no differences in early stage diagnosis (Early: DID = 0.02, 2014: DID = -0.02; P > 0.05). There was an increase in the number of patients receiving surgery (Early: DID = 0.05; P = 0.001, 2014: DID = 0.03; P = 0.029) but no difference in time to surgery among patients receiving surgery upfront (Early: DID = 1.75, 2014: DID = 0.38; P > 0.05). There was no difference in 30-day readmission post-surgery (Early: DID = 0.003; 2014: DID = -0.00007; P > 0.05) or 90-day mortality (Early: DID = -0.007, 2014: DID = -0.035; P > 0.05). Moreover, there was no difference in receipt of chemotherapy (Early: DID = 0.01, 2014: DID = 0.005; P > 0.05) or time to chemotherapy for patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (Early: Early: DID = 9.62, 2014: DID = 0.01; P > 0.05). Finally, there was no difference in receipt of palliative care among stage IV patients in both cohorts (Early: DID = -0.004, 2014: DID = 0.004; P > 0.05). Conclusions: This study suggests that after ME, PDAC patients were more likely to be insured and had increased access to surgical care. Future, studies should evaluate the implications of improved surgical access on clinical outcomes such as mortality.

scholarly journals Health Outcomes of an Integrated Behaviour-Centred Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Food Safety Intervention–A Randomised before and after Trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Morse ◽  
Elizabeth Tilley ◽  
Kondwani Chidziwisano ◽  
Rossanie Malolo ◽  
Janelisa Musaya
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Diarrhoeal Disease ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
Children Under Five ◽  
Under Five ◽  
Cluster Group ◽  
Point Reduction ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Diarrhoeal disease in children under five in low income settings has been associated with multiple environmental exposure pathways, including complementary foods. Conducted from February to December 2018 in rural Malawi, this before and after trial with a control used diarrhoeal disease as a primary outcome, to measure the impact of a food hygiene intervention (food hygiene + handwashing) relative to a food hygiene and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) intervention (food hygiene + handwashing + faeces management + water management). The 31-week intervention was delivered by community-based coordinators through community events (n = 2), cluster group meetings (n = 17) and household visits (n = 14). Diarrhoeal disease was self-reported and measured through an end line survey, and daily diaries completed by caregivers. Difference-in-differences results show a 13-percentage point reduction in self-reported diarrhoea compared to the control group. There were also significant increases in the presence of proxy measures in each of the treatment groups (e.g., the presence of soap). We conclude that food hygiene interventions (including hand washing with soap) can significantly reduce diarrhoeal disease prevalence in children under five years in a low-income setting. Therefore, the promotion of food hygiene practices using a behaviour-centred approach should be embedded in nutrition and WASH policies and programming.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Revised WIC Food Package on Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Postpartum

2019 ◽  
Vol 188 (8) ◽  
pp. 1493-1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Hamad ◽  
Akansha Batra ◽  
Deborah Karasek ◽  
Kaja Z LeWinn ◽  
Nicole R Bush ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Maternal Nutrition ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Dietary Quality ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Food Package ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutritional support for pregnant and postpartum women and young children. The typical food package provided to recipient families was revised in October 2009 to include more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat milk. Little is known about whether these revisions improved nutrition among women during this critical period of the life course. We conducted a quasiexperimental difference-in-differences analysis, comparing WIC recipients (“treatment” group) before and after the WIC policy change, while accounting for temporal trends among nonrecipients (“control” group). We examined nutritional outcomes among a cohort of 1,454 women recruited during pregnancy in 2006–2011 in Memphis and surrounding Shelby County, Tennessee. We found improvements in several measures of dietary quality and nutrient intake during pregnancy, although these did not persist into the postpartum period. Results were robust to numerous sensitivity analyses. At a time when federal WIC funding is threatened, this study provides some of the first evidence of the benefits of recent WIC revisions among low-income women.

An empirical study on the impact of micro enterprises on women empowerment

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Arul Paramanandam ◽  
P Packirisamy
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Micro Enterprises

Purpose – This study aims to find whether the micro-enterprises lead to women empowerment and entrepreneurship and make them to be wholly involved in income-generating activities by having them choose a business venture of their own. Design/methodology/approach – Women empowerment is very important for the acceleration of economic growth. The economic empowerment of women is being regarded these days as a sine qua non of progress for a country; hence, the issue of economic empowerment of women is of paramount importance to political thinkers, social scientists and reformers. The self-help groups (SHGs) have paved the way for economic independence of rural women. The members of SHGs are involved in micro-entrepreneurships. Empowerment is intellectual capital. Capital is a life blood of any industry. Findings – Without women development, economic development will not take place. Women should be imparted technical knowledge, skill training and marketing techniques in the process of establishing an enterprise by them for more sustainability. Originality/value – Micro-enterprises add values to a country’s economy by creating jobs, enhancing income, strengthening purchasing power, lowering costs and adding business convenience.

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