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Impact of Economic Factors on Decision Making Power of Rural Nepalese Women Entrepreneurs

Economic Journal of Nepal

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Title Impact of Economic Factors on Decision Making Power of Rural Nepalese Women Entrepreneurs
 
Creator Bhattarai, Lekha Nath; Department of Economics, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara
Paudel, Deepak Raj; School of Business, Pokhara University
 
Subject Economics
Rural Nepalese women
 
Description This study examines various economic factors that affect the decision making power ofwomen entrepreneurs who were supported by MEDEP/UNDP in rural setting of Parbatdistrict of Nepal. The several components of decision making included are: decision onmaking family relationship, visiting relatives, using family planning tools, householdpurchases, taking loan, using loan, children’s education, owns health checkup andtreatments and government’s official matters. The multistage sampling has been adoptedwith a sample size of 184 women entrepreneurs. Logistic regression analysis revealed thateconomic factors are one of the most vital factors to impact the decision making power ofwomen. Among all the economic factors, women’s occupational status and the person whoowned the house/land factors appeared to be strongly influencing factors than others.Furthermore, selected socio-demographic characteristics were also found to have significantinfluence on the decision making power of women.The Economic Journal of Nepal, Vol. 34, No. 4, October-December 2011 (Issue N0. 136)
 
Publisher Central Department of Economics Tribhuvan University
 
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Date 2014-04-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/EJON/article/view/10193
 
Source Economic Journal of Nepal; Vol 34, No 4 (2011)
 
Language en
 
Coverage Nepal
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