The total number of sample was 106. In the study, both dependent and independent variables were taken to measure the rural women’s livelihood security. The independent variables were age, education, family size, family education, Training experience, Agricultural knowledge, Family co-operation, Annual family income, Decision making ability, Communication, Fatalism, etc., and the dependent variable was Usefulness of farm women training programmes in livelihood security.
Measurement of usefulness of farm women training programmes in livelihood security
Usefulness of farm women training programmes in livelihood security was viewed in terms of five assets of livelihood: (a) human capital (b) natural capital (c) economic capital d) social capital e) physical capital.
Problems faced by farm women in participating training programmes
Problem faced in participating in training program by the respondent was measured by using eight different problems. The problems had been selected based on the problem faced in participating in training program. The women were requested to indicate their opinion towards the problem faced in participating in training program, a four point scale such as “high”, “medium”, “low”, not at all “ were used in this purpose and weights were assigned to each of the scale responses as 3 for “high”, 2 for “ medium”, 1 for “ low” and 0 for “not at all”. The possible score could range from 0 to 24 where 0 indicating no problem and 24 indicating higher problem in income generating activities.
Statement of hypotheses
The following hypotheses were formulated to explore the relationships between the dependent and independent variables. The research hypothesis for this study was: ''There is a relationship between each of age, education, farming experience, farm size, annual income, training received, communication exposure, cosmopoliteness, agricultural knowledge and fatalism with usefulness of farm women training programmes in livelihood security’’.
Data Collection
During the interview, the researcher paid utmost care in collecting data by avoiding external interference. Extension personnel helped the investigator to collect data from the women respondent without any obstacle. Thus, the researcher did not face any difficulty to establish rapport during data collection. Appreciable cooperation was received from almost all the respondents during interview. The pretest was done from 6th July to 14th July 2014. Final data collection was done during 20th July to 2 September, 2014.
Data Processing and Analyses
Data collected for the study were systematically recorded, edited, arranged, compiled, tabulated, computerized and analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the study. The computer software like Microsoft Excels and SPSS were used to analyze the data. The following statistical treatment were used to describe, represent and in explaining the relationships among variable included in the study.