Assessments of the Determinants that Affect Women’s Participation in Economic Activities: The Case of Bule Hora and Yabelo Districts, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Defaru Adugna Feye

doi:10.7176/jesd/12-11-01

Abstract

An economic activity is a process of producing and or provision of goods and service in economic sectors. Currently, half of Ethiopian peoples are females; which imply their role is great in economic activities. This study aimed to investigate the participation of women in economic activities and the factors that affect them in at the study area. To achieve the objectives of the study primary data was collected from 374 sample size based on 136585 estimated number of women of the districts in 2011/2012 E.C.; descriptive and econometric approach were used in analyzing the collected data. Even though women had been great a role in the economic growth, their participation were faced hindrance such as low level of training and traditional attitude toward business at the study area. The model used estimates that as the number of children increases by one, their participation is 0.6 times as likely to dis-occur among households. It was recommended that the government and others stakeholders should give awareness on the attitude of women toward business, family planning and train women on business in order to improve the participation of women in economic activities at the study area. Key w ords: Binary Logit Model, Economic Activities, Women, Family Size DOI: 10.7176/JESD/12-11-01 Publication date: June 30 th 2021

Highlights

Female participation can be boosted by providing training to increase the choice of jobs available to women and their chances for promotion, and by improving working conditions to promote the well-being of women in lower positions
Other obstacles for women’s participation in economic activities are access to working place and shortage of raw materials Over 85% of women in Ethiopia reside in rural areas, where peasant families are engaged primarily in subsistence agriculture(WEE, 2013)
Independent Variables The researcher identifies about eight independent variables. These are: 1. Age of women: is measured as continuous variable and expected to affect the willingness to pay decision of women for economic activities negatively, this is it is expected as level of age of women increase the participation of women on economic activity is decrease due to their ability of work decrease

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Introduction

Introduction “Dubartiin: haadha, obboleettidha, utubaa manaati, amaanaa Waaqayyooti1” The total population of the world is approximately 7.4 billion, over 4.5 billon of which is engaged in different economic activities Among those women constitute 49.6% of the world’s total population. In addition to these women make up 40% of world’s work force in agriculture, quarter in the trade and industry and one third in the service sector This participation of women increases the economic productivity by 30% in Africa and 54% in the developed nations (CIA, 2017). In some economic sectors women even constitute a proportionally larger group of the labor force than men Their participation in the economy has not been valued. This implies that girls (part of female) are more participate in non-economic activities than boys

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