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Building a scale of rural women socio-economic empowerment in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate: An Exploratory factor analysis

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Abstract

This research aimed to building a scale for the level of socio-economic empowerment of rural women in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, and to extract its validity and reliability indications. The necessary data were collected from a random sample of 377 female respondents. The data were analyzed using methods of exploratory factor analysis and descriptive statistics and using IBM SPSS 26. Based on the arbitrators' opinions, (47) out of (66) items were retained, which obtained an agreement rate of 80% or more. The results of the exploratory factor analysis resulted in eight factors that were saturated with 36 items. So, the final form of the scale consisted of 36 items and eight dimensions. The scale was reliable with Cronbach's α for the total scale was 0. 754, which reflect acceptable reliability indicator. The results also showed that the overall average level of the socio-economic empowerment of rural women was moderate. The dimension of work and obtaining the necessary financing for its productive projects came in the first place, followed by the dimension of private ownership to increase the economic level, managing family affairs, making family decisions, economic independence, self-reliance and self-confidence, competitiveness, and finally making productive decisions. The study concluded that the scale can be trusted in revealing the level of socio-economic empowerment of rural women. The study recommended applying the scale to other samples to verify its properties.

DOI

10.21608/jsas.2021.96023.1314

Keywords

Building, a scale of, Rural Women, Socio-economic, empowerment, in kafr el-sheikh, governorate

Authors

First Name

محمد

Last Name

شمس الدين

MiddleName

السيد

Affiliation

قسم الاقتصاد الزراعى فرع المجتمع الريفى کلية الزراعة جامعة کفر الشيخ

Email

shamss88833@gmail.com

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First Name

mahmoud

Last Name

Abdel-Rahman

MiddleName

mesbah

Affiliation

Agric. Economic Dept., Fac. Agric., Kafrelsheikh Univ., Egypt

Email

mmesbah25@yahoo.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

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First Name

يسري

Last Name

رميح

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

مرکز البحوث الزراعية- معهد بحوث الارشاد الزراعي والتنمية الريفية

Email

yousryromeih@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Salma

Last Name

Allaboudy

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

معهد بحوث الارشاد الزراعي والتنمية الريفية بسخا/مرکز البحوث الزراعية

Email

salma.salem2011@gmail.com

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Volume

47

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

27466

Issue Date

2021-12-01

Receive Date

2021-09-14

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

509

Page End

521

Print ISSN

2536-9571

Online ISSN

2536-958X

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https://jsas.journals.ekb.eg/article_201824.html

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364

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Publication Title

Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Sciences

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https://jsas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Building a scale of rural women socio-economic empowerment in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate: An Exploratory factor analysis

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Created At

22 Jan 2023