Factors Affecting Participation of Rural Women in the Water Supply Projects: The case of Haromaya Woreda, East Hararge Zone.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Adal, Yigremew ( PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tesfahun, Tsigereda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-28T05:44:06Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:25:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-28T05:44:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:25:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | As prilllw)! clients afpolable walerfor household use, rural women are believed 10 playa Ilivolal rule in Ihe management of water supply schemes. However, empirical evidence reveals Ihal Iheir parlicipalion is marginal, and many facial's explain Iheir poor level of flarlicipalion. This sludy, a SlIrvey Ihal involved 120 randomly selecled households of I/aromaya Wereda, is conducled 10 uncover Ihe variables Ihal affecl parlicipalion of rural 11l0men in wafer supply prqjec(s,A Ihree level analysis is underlaken afier coding Ihe dala making il amenahle 10 !fuar/lilalil'e anal)'sis. Firsl, cross labulalion of values of a flair 0/ variables is examined 10 set' Ihe link bell1'et'J1 variables. Second. Kendal/'s lau b correlalion is run (0 assess 'whether or nol faclors are related wilh Ihe independenl variable. Finally and mosl imporlanll)" ordinal regression is adminislered 10 see if Ihere exisls any callsal relalionship bel ween level o/llOrliCillalion (Ihe dependenl variable of Ihe lIlodel) and household burden, awareness, cultural influence, par/ner's all;tude, and governmenliprr?jec( assistance. Correlalion oul/HII suggests that awareness and government assistance are posiNvely and stalislical significanlly correlaled wilh Ihe level of pal'l ie/pal ion while household burden clllillral in/illence are inversely and slalislical significanlly correlaled and parlner's al/illlde is fuund 10 have no significanl relalion wilh parlicipalion. The ordinal regression lIIudel olllCOllle reinForces correlalion resulls suggesling Ihal household burden and cllllllral influence indeed have perceplible adverse impacl on level o/parlicipalion. Onlhe olher hand. Ihe ejjecl o/Ihe resl of variahles is eilher weak or slalislically nol significanl. Overall, this SllI((1' implies that parlicipaf;ol1 q( rural women in \Voler SlfPP~V activifies is Ilredominanlly influenced by Iheir household IlIlrden and cull 111'01 influence. Key words: Runtl Women, participatioll,jilctors that affect participation | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12276 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Runtl Women | en_US |
| dc.subject | participatioll | en_US |
| dc.subject | factors that affect participation | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors Affecting Participation of Rural Women in the Water Supply Projects: The case of Haromaya Woreda, East Hararge Zone. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |