Perceived Economic Empowerment of Registered Women Entrepreneurs in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu
N. Suganthi *
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural, TNAU, Coimbatore-641003, India.
M. Asokhan
TNAU, Coimbatore-641003, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
To achieve the purpose of the study, 105 registered women entrepreneurs in Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) were identified in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu. Key informant method was adopted for the selection of sample. In this study registered women entrepreneurs in Micro, Small and Medium enterprises-MSME were selected for the study. it was decided to select 35 respondents randomly from each sector/unit (Food and Allied Products, Manufacturing Products and Service) among registered using Simple Random Sampling. Series of questions were asked through well structured interview schedule. A little less than three -fourths (73.33%) of the registered women entrepreneurs had medium level perceived economic empowerment. Nearly one-fifth (18.10%) and few (8.57%) of the registered women entrepreneurs had high to low level perceived economic empowerment respectively. Among the registered women entrepreneurs majority (86.67%) of registered women entrepreneurs had increased standard of living followed by more than three fourth (77.14%) inferred that, they had developed saving habits.
Keywords: Women, entrepreneurs, economic, empowerment, standard of living