1Isack Crispin Mwankusye, 2Issaya G. Marijani, 3Mpeli Richard Mwankusye
1Department of Community Development, Serengeti District Council, P.O.Box 176 Mugumu – Serengeti – Tanzania.
2Department of Socio- Economics and Market Research, Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI – Kifyulilo), P.O.Box 93 Mufindi - Iringa, Tanzania.
3Department of Education foundations and Adult Education, The Open University of Tanzania.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v8-i01-38Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT:
Female headed households are the most susceptible to extreme poverty. This is due to fact that most of women lack formal employments, but also primarily works in agriculture. Therefore, this study aimed at bridging information gap on the role of women employment on poverty reduction among female headed households. The study used data of 6,438 female headed households extracted from Tanzania Household Budget Survey (THBS) 2017/2018 conducted by National Bureau Statistics. Data were cleaned coded and analyzed by IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 25) software. The analysis was further aided by descriptive analysis such as mean and frequencies as well as regression analysis using probit regression model. Results showed that the demographic characteristic of female heads described the nature of their households in relation to poverty status. On other hand, results from probit regression model showed that employment status, education, household size, number of children, marital status and age, were factors significant influencing poverty status of house hold at P0.05. With robust evidence suggesting that women's employment, especially in formal sectors, and higher education levels play pivotal roles in mitigating poverty among female-headed households in Tanzania. The insights garnered from this research offer valuable implications for policy formulation, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to enhance employment opportunities and educational access for women, thereby fostering sustainable poverty reduction strategies.
KEYWORDS:Women, Employment, Household, Poverty
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