Determinants of Female Labour Force Participation in Urban Ethiopia
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1996-06
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A.A.U
Abstract
Although wage labour opportunities are scarce for both mean and
women in Ethiopia, female participation rates remain lower than.
male participation rates and females are dis-proportionately
concentrated in certain occupations of the labour force .
Indeed, the participation of women in all aspects of the
development process is very limited. However, little is known
about the factors which are responsible for such a low level of
female employment in Ethiopia . To this end, this study was
designed to examine the determinants of female labour force
participation in urban Ethiopia using data from the 1994 Urban
Household Survey.
The following methodologies are employed in this study.
Different estimation methods (descriptive statistics, the logit
and the probit models) are used to estimate the coefficients
with respect to age, education, fertility, migration status
marital status, and income of household head. It is found that
female lab our force participation is positively related to age,
education, and migration status , where as it was negatively
associated with fertility, marital status , and income of the
household head. Moreover, the analysis of the determinants of
Female labour force participation which employs both log it and
Probit models identifies age, fertility, marital
status, migration status and education as the most important
Factors responsible for the low level of female participation
In the work force in urban Ethiopia.
Based on the findings, the study recommends that extensive
Family planning programmers are necessary in. order to increase
the educational status of women by releasing women from
Household responsibilities associated with child bearing.
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Determinants of Female, Participation in Urban Ethiopia