Factors that affect women's participation in entrepreneurship : a case study of Rubaga Division

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to find out the factors affecting women's participation in entrepreneurship. This study adopted a descriptive survey design method and data was collected from 68 students from the Rubaga division using questionnaires. The study analyzed data at univariate, bivariate and Multivariate levels using SPSS and STAT A. In order to test for the hypothesis, the study used the multivariate logistic regression at 95% confidence interval. Results from the study showed that majority of the respondents were single (85.3%) were in age group (32.4%) had attained primary education (47.1 %), results from the study showed that the highest proportion of women got skills before beginning business (35 .3%), strongly agreed that they got skills in the process of doing business (38.2%), these also strongly agreed that Lack of entrepreneurship skills has made it difficult to start a business (33.8%) and lastly they agreed that if they had entrepreneurship skills I would immediately start another business (27.9%) At the multivariate level of analysis, results showed that there was a positive significant relationship between demographic, economic factors and women's participation in entrepreneurship since p-value<O.05 and hence the null hypothesis was rejected. However, it was noted that there was no significant relationship between social factors and women's participation in entrepreneurship and hence the null hypothesis was accepted. The study recommends that there should be implementation of policies and programs that seek to increase women's participation in entrepreneurship. It is crucial to continue improving girls and young women access to education in the country, as this is an important avenue for instilling entrepreneurship knowledge and skills in women and for empowering women and enhancing their participation in market economy.