Demographic and Socio-economic Challenges of Women Petty Traders in Addis Ababa

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2006-07

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Addis Ababa University

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The study analyses the demographic and socio-economic challengesfaced by women pelly traders in the informal sector and the effects on their working conditions. The main sources of the data used in this study were survey questionnaire and focus group discussions (FGDs). The sample size of this study was 660 women pelly traders that were randomly selectedfi·om Aroda and Addis Kelema Sub-cities. In this study uni-variate, bi-variate and multi-variate statistical madels were employed to examine the influences of different demographic and socio-economic variables on the trading (work) conditions of women pNty traders. The bi-variate analysis showed association between the background variables and dependent variable except age, marital status and level of income. The findings of the logistic regression depicted that the women aged 30-64 years faced a favorable work condition as compared to the women aged 15-29 years. The women with large family members were more likely to be in the unfavorable trading condition Migrants werefacingfavorable trading condition less likely than the non-migrants. Those women who had no intention to have more children face unfavorable trading condition more like~)lthan those who had intention to have if. Women with primary education were faced favorable work condition than the women with no schooling. The women petly traders with a fixed premises and clients of credit service were faced favorable work condition (han the women without a fixed premises and non· clients of credit sen'ice. The start-up capital and/clvorable trading conditions had a positive association. Women pelfy traders )1'ho lI'ere able to sal'(' j{lced favorable Irodinp, cone/ilion (han those lrho were ltnahle fO SCI\'e. Currently, the major problems that lI 'o l71eli petty traders .fixed were lack of warking capital. lack af appropriate premises. non-profitabiliry of the ilusiness, lack of' appropriate credit service, lack of support fiall1 govemmen( and non-governmental organizations and inadequate skill. Therej'ore, providing appropriare premises. credi( service with concessional interest rare and ea.ly repa)'lJIel1l installments und support that enhances (heir earning capacity lI'ere recommended.

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Socio-economic Challenges

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