An Account of the Difference Between Women’s Income Before and After Participating in the Self-Help Groups in Urban West Region of Unguja

Tabia Maulid Mwita; Haroonah Nsubuga; Abdalla Ussi Hamad; Rukkaya Wakif Muhammed

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An Account of the Difference Between Women’s Income Before and After Participating in the Self-Help Groups in Urban West Region of Unguja

Tabia Maulid Mwita, Haroonah Nsubuga, Abdalla Ussi Hamad, Rukkaya Wakif Muhammed

Published in International Journal of Sustainable Development Research (Volume 7, Issue 1)

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Abstract

The Self Help Group is becoming one of the most important social and economic activities of today’s world and the Zanzibar Government has realized its potential especially for the women. Therefore, this study aimed at providing a candid account of the difference of women’s income before and after participating in the self-help groups (SHGs) in Urban West Region of Unguja. Having adopted positivism as its philosophical assumption, the researchers mainly employed quantitative research approach which was the most appropriate method of analysis for this study. The sample size for this study consisted of 90 women who belong to the ten (10) self-help groups in Urban West Region of Unguja and survey questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. To achieve credible results, both descriptive (such as mean scores, standard deviation, frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistical techniques (t-test) were used to analyze the collected data from relevant respondents. The results indicated that, by using t-test, there was a difference in income before and after participation in the self-help groups. Last but not the least, SHGs if well managed, can be a viable tool of income generation to the poor and needy, government itself, community based organizations, nongovernmental organizations to help elevate the positions and financial status of their stakeholders, the women inclusive.

Published in	International Journal of Sustainable Development Research (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsdr.20210701.12
Page(s)	9-16
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Social Helps Groups, Annual Income, Women Participation, T-test, Urban West Region

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Tabia Maulid Mwita

Department of Public Administration, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Haroonah Nsubuga

Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Abdalla Ussi Hamad

Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Rukkaya Wakif Muhammed

Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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