A STUDY ON THE FACTORS COMPELLING AND FACILITATING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS TO START NEW ENTERPRISES IN THE SELECTED TALUKS OF RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT
Journal Title: PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 12
Abstract
Women entrepreneurship development is a very crucial factor for the acceleration of economic development of a country. Empowering women in entrepreneurship leads to break the inequalities and reduces poverty. The entrepreneurship of women is considered to be an effective instrument to the economic development and empowerment of women. In olden days as compared to men, women were less motivated to start business units due to some unwanted fear, lack of awareness and training. . The traditional setup is changing in the modern era. Women participation in work force is increasing due to education and training. The study is conducted with the following objectives i) to examine the demographic profile of the women entrepreneurs in the selected Taluks of Ramanathapuram District, ii) to analyse the factors compelling and facilitating women entrepreneurs in the selected Taluks of Ramanathapuram District and iii) to provide rank order to the factors compelling and facilitating the women entrepreneurs in the study area. For the purpose of the study primary data have been collected from 120 women entrepreneur respondents. Percentage analysis and ranking method were used to analyse the collected data. The present study is conducted in four Taluks namely Kadaladi, Kamuthi, Muthukulathur and Thiruvadanai in Ramanathapuram District. The findings of the study reveal that 35% of the respondents are belonging to 36-45 years age group of the entrepreneurs. 32% of the respondents are between the age of 26 to 35 year and 22% of the respondents are Above 45 years. On analyzing the eleven factors which compelled the women to become entrepreneurs, most of the respondents feel that their financial needs compelled them to become entrepreneurs. On analyzing the 10 factors which facilitated the women entrepreneurs, most of the respondents feel that the factor 'constant and growing demand' facilitated to start new enterprises.
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S. Arabath Ali
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