Effect of livelihoods activities performing by the women’s of self-help groups on the decision-making ability

Pages: 845-848
Pratibha, Sanjay Bhayana, and Neeraj (National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, HSIIDC, Kundli, Haryana)

Livelihood activities are applied strategy for coping with environmental, economic, social shocks and instrumental in the reduction of poverty. In this study, we have assessed the effect of Self-help Group members livelihood activities on the decision making ability of Bhiwani district of Haryana. It was observed after joining the Self-help Groups by the women respondents have increased their decision making ability due to increasing of self-confidence, self-reliance, enthusiasm and women em-powerments. The maximum respondents were belonging from Schedule Caste (SC) caste (52.2%) followed by Other Backward Caste (OBC) caste. The decision making ability was significantly increased after the joining of SHGs by the women respondents in the field of expenditure of family consumer goods, religious functions, children’s education, working outside the home and social aspects areas. The primary data were collected on the bases of simple random sampling for the selection of location and the Self-help Groups selected through convenience sampling. The sample size for this study is 160 women’s of different Self-help Groups. The data are analysis through SPSS 20.0 software. ANOVA (Analysis of variance) was used to test the variations among the respondents in relation to participation in the decision-making process.