| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study was to find out the relationship between internet connectivity and productivity in workplace in Uganda. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was adopted, and data was obtained from secondary source (UBOS manpower survey data), analysed using STATA V. 15.0 from where results were reported on both univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses. From the univariate analysis, 61.5% of the business owners were female, 43.8% aged 25-34 years, 63.9% married, and 42% had attained secondary education, 96% of the enterprises were categorized under sole proprietorship, 62.7% under trade and services, 73% had been established by 2011, 94.6% had no shareholders, 54.9% were operating independently from home (established in the market place), 67.6% had no trading license, 64.1% were not keeping business records, 95.6% had 5 or less employees in the business. On services accessed, 86.2% accessed water 78.6% easily accessed electricity, only 10% postal services, 47.5% banking services, 93.1% telephone services, 33% had access to internet services and 72.9% had access to transport services. Finally, 82.1% received a gross monthly income between Ugx: 0-1,000,000, 17.4% earned an income between Ugx 1 and 10 million, and only 0.6% earned income greater than 10 million Ugandan shillings.
From the Bivariate analysis, access to postal services (X2=10.65, P=0.0049), banking (X2=32.90, P=0.000), telephone (X2=16.32, P=0.0003), internet (X2=40.83, P=0.000), water (X2=54.61, P=0.000) and electricity (X2=42.34, P=0.000) had a significant association with enterprise productivity. Other significant factors were; sex of the enterprise owner (X2=50.65, P=0.000), level of education (X2=43.07, P=0.000), sector in which the enterprise lies (X2=36.65, P=0.000), year of establishment (X2=7.94, P=0.094), shareholders (X2=8.42, P=0.015), operation premises (X2=73.34, P=0.000), license (X2=96.77, P=0.000), keeping of records (X2=50.73, P=0.000), and number of employees (X2=18.41, P=0.001).
Multivariate analysis results indicated that; Enterprises operated and owned by males were 1.92 times more likely to have a higher productivity compared to those owned and operated by females (OR=1.92, P=0.012). other were; primary education (OR=0.528, P=0.025), operating from factory/ office/kiosk (OR=1.769, P=0.03), workspaces independent from home (OR=1.647, P=0.004), access to transport services (OR=2.354, P=0.000) and access to electricity (OR=1.578, P=0.006). Findings indicated the need for government to provide an environment that allows enterprises to apply internet and related services in their operations. | en_US |
