PREVAILING PRACTICES OF WOMEN PRIMARY COOPERATIVE AND THEIR EFFECTS ON WOMEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC STABILITY
(A STUDY OF MATAN MAKERA AND PEACE WOMEN MULTIPUPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY, KADUNA)
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ABSTRACT
This study investigates the prevailing practices of women primary cooperative and their effects on women socio-economic stability. A survey method was used for the study. The research questions that guided the study were: what are the prevailing practices of women primary cooperative society? To what extents do cooperatives affect women on socio-economic stability? What are the possible problems affecting cooperatives on women socio-economic stability? Frequency and mean score were used to analyze data based on research question.
The population consisted of all the members of Matan Makera and peace women multipurpose cooperative, both located in Kaduna metropolis. Research result shows that cooperative play significant roles in prevailing practice of women primary cooperative and their effect on women socio-economic stability as it remove discrimination against them to participate in cooperative, provided them with credit facilities, skills employment etc.
Different problems affect cooperative in prevailing practices of women primary cooperative and their. Effects on women socio-economic stability, this includes men perception of women, lack of women participation in cooperative, inadequate capital resources, bad leaders. It was recommended among others that women should be given equal opportunity with their men counterparts and should be encouraged to participate in cooperatives to improve their economic status.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Statement of the problems – – – – – 3
1.3 Objectives of the study – – – – – – 4
1.4 Research questions – – – – – – – 4
1.5 Significance of the study – – – – – – 5
1.6 Scope of the study – – – – – – – 6
1.7 Definition of terms – – – – – – – 6
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – 8
2.2 Concept of cooperatives – – – – – – 8
2.3 Concept of cooperative promotion – – – – – 14
2.4 Roles of cooperatives towards prevailing practices of women on
the socio-economic stability – – – – – – 18
2.5 Problems affecting cooperative towards the prevailing practices
of women on socio-economic stability – – – – 22
2.6 Summary of the literature review – – – – 25
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – 26
3.2 Research design – – – – – – – 26
3.3 Population of the study – – – – – – 27
3.4 Sample size and sampling technique – – – – 27
3.5 Research instrumentation – – – – – – 28
3.5.1 Validity – – – – – – – – – 28
3.5.2 Reliability – – – – – – – – – 29
3.6 Administration of the instrument – – – – 29
3.7 Method of data presentation and statistical analysis – 30
3.8 Decision Rule – – – – – – – – 30
3.8 Limitation of the study – – – – – – 30
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
4.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – 32
4.2 Respondents bio-data – – – – – – – 32
4.3 Answering the research question – – – – – 35
4.4 Summary of findings – – – – – – – 41
4.5 Discussion of findings – – – – – – – 42
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Introduction – – – – – – – – 46
5.2 Summary – – – – – – – – – 46
5.3 Conclusion – – – – – – – – – 47
5.4 Recommendation – – – – – – – 48
5.5 Suggestions for further researches – – – – 49
References – – – – – – – – – 50
Appendix I – – – – – – – – 51
Appendix II – – – – – – – – 52
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- Background of the Study
Cooperative has been the bedrock of promoting women through its numerous income-yielding ventures that will stimulate the economic status of women. According to International Cooperative Alliance, Cooperative Enterprise is a business that is organized with the sole aim of satisfying the interest of members. The central focus is not the maximization of profit like other businesses but to ensure that members socio-economic needs are met through cooperative promotion.
According to Ijere (1991) cooperative plays a significant role in promoting their members economic status by:
- Generating employment opportunities
- Generation of appreciable income
- Reduction of Exodus to urban areas
- Making old techniques perfecting new
- Training members to become entrepreneurs
He further submits that women economic status can only be promoted through cooperative because the economic situations in the country have made it impossible to men to provide all the needs in the family.
Asaolu (2004) admits that cooperative have potential in promoting the economic status of women through capacity building. It also add that women status can be promoted through enhancement of skills acquisition enlightenment programmes organize by cooperative. Onuoha (2002) confirms that cooperative make it impossible for the rural dwellers to become shareholder and managers of their own investing by so doing, cooperative serves as an avenue for promoting women because it increases their economic capacity through convenient saving device assessment of loan and increase their standard of living.
Thus, this study seeks to empirically determine prevailing practices of women primary cooperative and their effects on women socio-economic stability.
- Statement of the Problem
Most women in the society have low economic status compared with their male counterpart. Cooperative through various effort and sponsorship from government, NGOs and International Organizational was programmed to prevailing the effect on women socio-economic stability but most of the government officers in charge and management committees of various societies are corrupt and women are denied access to resources that will promote their economic status in the society. Women are also denied leadership in most groups and are marginalized. This influence is seen through women’s lack of ownership of…