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Impact of Women Entrepreneurship on Household Income in Lushoto District of Tanga Region, Tanzania

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  • Romulus E. Msunga

    (The Institute of Judicial Adminstration (IJA) Lushoto, P.O. Box 20, Lushoto , Tanga,Tanzania)

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This study aimed to promote a positive transformation of the mindset and perception of women to be entrepreneurs in income generation at household level by creating, inventing and initiating their own services or products for income generations. The study discussed the types of entrepreneurship, role of women entrepreneurs, challenges and the availability of opportunities. The finding from the study revealed that the most of women fail to change their mindset and perception in creating, inventing and initiating their own services or products for income generations. The study used the qualitative and quantitative approach. The cross-sectional research design was used. The research tools/technique use were the questionnaire, checklist (include Interview Guide and Documentary Review).The study used the sample size of 100 respondents and employed the simple random sampling, stratified sampling and purposive sampling during the data collection. The qualitative and quantitative research was used. The study adopted the Cross-Sectional Research Design. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS Version 20) was used to analyze the data. The study concludes that there were poor mindset and perception of women to be entrepreneurs. The study recommends that the women should transform the mindset and perception to be innovative, creative and curious of creating their own income generation from their business projects.

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  • Romulus E. Msunga, 2024. "Impact of Women Entrepreneurship on Household Income in Lushoto District of Tanga Region, Tanzania," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(12), pages 4137-4145, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:12:p:4137-4145
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