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Study on the Characteristics of Landless Women’s That Influence Them to Functional Participation in Igas

M. Aktaruzzaman
Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Dhaka

M.Z. Rahman
Department of Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

M.K. Dey
Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Dhaka

R.C. Dey
Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Dhaka

M. Sadakuzzaman
Academic Section, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh,

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A survey was conducted to study the characteristics of landless women’s that influence them to functional participation in income Generating Activities (IGAs) during March to April, 2010. Two unions of Nakla upazila under Sherpur district was the location and the randomly selected 120 landless women from a total of 153 was the sample size of the study. The selected traits were age, education, family size, homestead size, family income, agricultural knowledge, daily time use, credit received, husband’s cooperation and social participation. Pearson’s product correlation coefficient (r) was computed to explore relationship of the women’s individual characteristics with their functional participation in IGAs. Data revealed that individual characteristics of the landless women as age, homestead size, agricultural knowledge, daily time use, credit received, husband’s cooperation, and social participation had significant positive relationship with their functional participation in IGAs

Keywords: Characteristics, landless women, participation in IGAs

Location: Two unions of Nakla upazila under Sherpur district

Start Date: 00-03-2010

End Date: 00-04-2010

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Credit

Objectives:

1. To study the characteristics of landless women’s that influence them to functional participation in income Generating Activities (IGAs).

Methodology:

The survey was conducted with the landless to study the characteristics of landless women’s that influence them to functional participation in IGAs during March to April, 2010. Two unions of Nakla upazila under Sherpur district was the location and the randomly selected 120 landless women from a total of 153 was the sample size of the study. The selected traits age, education, family size, homestead size, family income, agricultural knowledge, daily time use, credit received, husband’s cooperation and social participation were acts as individual variable and functional participation in IGAs was as dependent variable of the study. A pretested interview schedule was used to collect the data. Pearson’s product correlation coefficient (r) was computed to explore relationship of the women’s individual characteristics with their functional participation in IGAs.

Source of Information: J. Agrofor. Environ. 8 (2): 95-98, 2014; ISSN 1995-6983

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Achievement/Findings:

Data revealed that individual characteristics of the landless women as age, homestead size, agricultural knowledge, daily time use, credit received, husband’s cooperation, and social participation had significant positive relationship with their functional participation in IGAs

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