The Role of Livelihood Choices on Women Economic Empowerment, the Case of Kilte Awlaelo Woreda, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
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2012-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Feminist poverty is not only consequence of lack o.f income, but also the result of the deprivation
or capabilities and gender biases present in both societies and governments. Similarly, in
Ethiopia the women particularly thefemale headed households face political, social and cultural
challenges that undermine their human worth and dignity. Additionally, they suffer from
economic poverty. social discrimination, and prevention to vote. This paper makes an (Il1empt to
invesligale Ihe de/erminanls of livelihood choices and women economic empowerment in
Ethiopia by examining the situation prevailing in one particll/ar wereda ki/te Awlaelo in Tigray
region using the information gained from 196 women. Since the livelihood choices and the
economic empowerment level is determined by different demographic and socioeconomic
factors, this paper allempts multinomial 'Iogistic regression analysis to explore the possible
determinant.l· or livelihood choices and Tobit model analysis to explore the possible determinants
It or Ihe economic empowerment level based on primm)' data Fom Kilte Awlaelo Woreda. The
result shows that livelihood choices is considerably influenced by age, family size, education,
access to media, asset holdings, marital stalUs, job training, access to credit service, access to
se(f help group, access to safety nets and transportation service. The result also shows that the
economic empowerment level is also considerably influenced by age, family size, education,
access to media, asset holdings, marital status, livelihood option choice, job training, access to
credil service, access 10 self help group, access 10 S({/e ly nel, access 10 women group and
Iransporlalion service. Apart from the other economic empowerment variables, a variable
livelihood choice shows significant positive impact on the economic empowerment level.
Addilionally. the result checked the independency of asset holdings of the household across
different livelihood oplions like jimning. trade and daily labar through chi square test, so the test
suggests that livelihood asset is dependenr on livelihood option choice. Besides, ANOVA test
lIsed and indicated as different livelihood choices provide different economic empowerment level
al less than 5% confidence level. Finally, il recommended that the economic empowerment can
be improved by concentrating on the negative factors, which affects the rural women of the
woreda, and consequently poverty levels will be reduced
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Choices on Women Economic