Level of asset ownership by women in rural North-East and South-East Nigeria

Oladokun, Y. O. M.; Adenegan, Kemisola O.; Salman, Kabir Kayode; Alawode, Olubunmi O

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.07.014

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“…Women’s having business equipment (like sewing and embroidery machines, electric irons, incubators, etc.) and skills could improve their income and living conditions as well as decrease household poverty [ 18 ]. In line with this result, our study also found that with the increase of assets in the household, multidimensional poverty declines by 0.809%, as shown in Table 7 .…”

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“…A great number of empirical studies have investigated the impact of women’s empowerment on education, child health, food security, and nutrition [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. However, our study specifically evaluated the impact of women’s empowerment on household income poverty and multidimensional poverty, by focusing on the rural areas of Bangladesh.…”

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The Influence of Women’s Empowerment on Poverty Reduction in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh: Focus on Health, Education and Living Standard

Wei

Sarker

Żukiewicz-Sobczak³

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Women’s empowerment has a great influence on health, nutrition, education, and the overall well-being of societies as well as of the children and households. This study investigates the effect of women’s empowerment on poverty reduction and focuses on household deprivation, in terms of education, health, and standard of living. Primary data was collected from 914 married women from rural areas of Bangladesh using a well-structured questionnaire and a random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics, logistic regression, and ordinary least squares models were used in this study. The results indicate that increased women’s access to education, asset ownership, decision-making power on children’s health and education, and access to medical facilities, have caused a significant decline in income poverty and multidimensional poverty. However, gender violence, taking resources against women’s will, and preventing women from working outside, have caused a considerable decline in per capita income and an increase in income poverty and multidimensional poverty. Overall, it is found that women’s empowerment has a great impact on the reduction of income poverty and multidimensional poverty in society. The findings of the study can assist and guide policymakers to initiate appropriate strategies for women’s empowerment to reducing poverty in Bangladesh while making progress towards other social and developmental goals.

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The Influence of Women’s Empowerment on Poverty Reduction in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh: Focus on Health, Education and Living Standard

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“…Gender disparity is apparent with regard to natural resource ownership in Nigeria [41]. Most water projects carried out in Nigeria are mainly controlled by men in rural parts of the country [42]. This practice can be relatively linked to the Hofstede cultural dimension of a high level of power distance within this community [43,44], which then have limited chances of development and growth [45].…”

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Barriers to Water Access in Rural Communities: Examining the Factors Influencing Water Source Choice

Aikowe

Mazancová

2021

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In Nigeria, the rural population comprises 49% of the total population and has been reported to bear the brunt of ongoing water access challenges. For communities to have access to clean and safe water, an adequate water source should be ensured. In dissevering the definition of water access, this research identifies that distance to a water source, time spent to collect water, water availability, and water quality are determinants of water source choice. A survey with 404 randomly selected respondents was conducted in three local government areas in Kogi state alongside interviews with key participants (n = 12). The data collected were analysed using a Chi-square test to determine any significant relationship between water source choice and the predictor variables (age, education, occupation, religion, ethnic group, household size, income, and distance). Furthermore, multinomial logistic regression was adopted to investigate the relationship and effect between these variables. Findings indicated that the predictor factors such as age, level of education, ethnic group, and participants’ occupation have a statistically significant relationship with using a particular water source. Finally, more insights for policymakers are provided to bridge the gap surrounding water access in developing countries while focusing on an adequate water source.

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“…Relevant studies that are necessary to set out the outset of the study are reported in this article. Avalanche of published literature can be witnessed on women development across the globe including: identifying the capabilities of women's leadership and sustainable development in Colombia (Barrios et al, 2020), exploring the relationship between female directorship and firm performance in France (Bennouri et al, 2018), gender inequality in assets ownership in Latin America (Deere et al, 2010), wage gaps of female-male among salaried workers in India (Deshpande et al, 2018;Lee & Wie, 2017;Menon & Rodgers, 2009), uncovered opportunities and barriers of female employment in sports in UK (Forsyth et al, 2019), women segregation in tourism employment in APEC region (Hutchings et al, 2020), women empowerment in East Africa (Miedema et al, 2018), women empowerment in Nepal (O'Hara & Clement, 2018), women asset ownership in rural south-east and north-east Nigeria (Oladokun et al, 2018), participation of Saudi women in development index (Omair et al, 2020), gender wage gap in Mexico (Popli, 2013), gender wage discrimination in Pakistan (Sabir & Aftab, 2007;Yasmin, 2009), gender wage inequality between 1992-2014 in Sri Lanka (Seneviratne, 2020), role of female directors and stock price in China (Shahab et al, 2020), women's social and financial empowerment in Pakistan (Tahir et al, 2018) and gender wage gap in Philippines (Zveglich Jr. et al, 2019). Bennouri et al (2018) examined the data of 394 French firms and affirmed that there is a positive relationship between female board directorship and firm performance; similar finding have been found by Nekhili & Gatfaoui (2013) and Peni (2014).…”

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“…Morgan and Pritchard (2019) discussed in detail gender matters in hospitality and emphasized on highlighting the issues of neglecting female ability despite of rise of feminism. Oladokun et al (2018) analyzed data of 1502 from south-east and 5024 women from north-east of Nigeria to assess the levels of women assets ownership and bolstered that education plays a pertinent role in owning women assets ownership. A lot of work has also been done in Pakistan concerning women development like a study of women entrepreneurship by Qazi, Niazi, Basit and Hameed (2020).…”

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Composite Appraisal of Women Development in Selected Thirty-six Countries with Special Focus on Pakistan: Applying Grey Incidence Analysis Model

Niazi

Asghar

Basit³

et al. 2020

JBSEE

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Aim of the study is to appraise women development in selected thirty-six countries with special reference to Pakistan. The design of the study comprises of survey of literature, data elicitation and analysis. The study uses grey incidence analysis model (usually known as Grey Relational Analysis or simply GRA). The model has been applied on the secondary data extracted from the website of World Development Indicators (WDI). The countries included in the analysis have been selected on the basis of availability of data. From the result of GRA it can be learnt that thirty-six countries of the world are classified into seven different categories. There are five countries (namely Estonia, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Thailand and Ecuador) categorized as countries having exceptionally high women development, whereas, five countries under each next ensign (very high, high, moderate, low and very low). There are six countries (namely Tanzania, Madagascar, Cote d'Ivoire, Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan) categorized under the ensign of exceptionally low. Pakistan fall under the ensign of exceptionally low. This study is designed on an original country level data extracted from very reliable source and the results of the study are useful for regulators, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders of the phenomenon by way of providing deeper and new information.

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Level of asset ownership by women in rural North-East and South-East Nigeria

Cited by 16 publications

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The Influence of Women’s Empowerment on Poverty Reduction in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh: Focus on Health, Education and Living Standard

The Influence of Women’s Empowerment on Poverty Reduction in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh: Focus on Health, Education and Living Standard

Barriers to Water Access in Rural Communities: Examining the Factors Influencing Water Source Choice

Composite Appraisal of Women Development in Selected Thirty-six Countries with Special Focus on Pakistan: Applying Grey Incidence Analysis Model

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