Women’s empowerment for household food security: The place of education

Type Journal Article - Journal of Human Ecology
Title Women’s empowerment for household food security: The place of education
Author(s)
Volume 19
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2006
Page numbers 51-55
URL http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JHE/JHE-19-0-000-000-2006-Web/JHE-19-1-000-000-2006-Abstrac​t-PDF/JHE-19-1-051-055-2006-1330-Olumakaiye-M-F/JHE-19-1-051-055-2006-1330-Olumakaiye-M-F-Text.pdf
Abstract
This study investigated the association between educational status of women and provision of food for household
members for food security. In addition, ownership of household Labour Saving Devices and varieties of food provided were
investigated. Data were collected from 220 randomly selected women in Osun State of Nigeria using structured interviewed
schedule. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution and percentages were used to describe the data while Chi- Square
was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the educational level attained by the respondents has an association with the
Labour Saving Devices acquired ?2
C=101.5 at 0.05 significant level. And there exists a moderate association between the two
variables (Ø = 0.298). In addition, the results showed a fairly high degree of association between Educational level and Age Ø =
0.162, Occupation Ø =0.362, Marital status Ø =0.381, and varieties of food provided Ø =0.179. This suggests that women with
higher education are likely to provide varieties of food thereby increasing the household food security.

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