Influence of women entrepreneurs’ characteristics on personal well-being in Arumeru District in Tanzania

dc.creatorKabote, S. J.
dc.date2018-06-14T05:26:08Z
dc.date2018-06-14T05:26:08Z
dc.date2018-06-14
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T08:53:56Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T08:53:56Z
dc.descriptionAfrican journal of business management, 2018; 12 (11): 316-328
dc.descriptionThis article tests the hypothesis that women entrepreneurs’ socio-economic and demographic characteristics have no significant influence on women’s personal well-being, using quantitative approach with a random sample of 180 women. The article adopts the cross-sectional research design using a structured questionnaire administered to women entrepreneurs. Non-entrepreneurs were also involved for comparison purposes of personal well-being. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A multiple linear regression was used to determine the influence of women entrepreneurs’ characteristics on personal well-being. The results show positive relationship between personal well-being and years of schooling, age, and wealth status. Household size and employment status showed negative influence and did not show significance at 5%. Being a women entrepreneur and age showed positive significant influence (P = 0.000), while marital status showed negative significant influence (P = 0.000). The article concludes that some women entrepreneurs’ characteristics influenced personal well-being. Due to the fact that women are not homogeneous, the efforts done by development actors including the government should focus on promoting women entrepreneurship with particular emphasis on socio-economic and demographic characteristics to improve women’s personal well-being.
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dc.identifierKabote, S.J. (2018). Influence of women entrepreneurs’ characteristics on personal well-being in Arumeru District in Tanzania. African Journal of Business Management, 12(11): 316-328
dc.identifier1993-8233
dc.identifierhttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2339
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/94323
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Business Management
dc.subjectWomen entrepreneurs
dc.subjectSocio-economic
dc.subjectDemographic characteristics
dc.subjectPersonal well-being
dc.titleInfluence of women entrepreneurs’ characteristics on personal well-being in Arumeru District in Tanzania
dc.typeArticle

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