Taiwo Mafimisebi

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THESIS For women, fishing, fish processing and sale provide a very importantlivelihood support. In coastal communities, women dominate theprocessing and local trade in fish Most of these women lack education, literacy and the financial capitalto engage in other livelihood activities Some women who depend on fish-based livelihood strategies asprimary or only source of income are heads of households (Hall, 2005;Fasina and <strong>Mafimisebi</strong>, 2010) Thus, fish based livelihoods hold great potential for income generationand poverty reduction especially among communities or householdsliving near water resources (Onoja et al., 2012) Any attempt to improve women’s economic status requires informationon returns to investment in their traditional livelihood activities
METHODOLOGYThe study utilized primary data collected from 55fisher folks and 80 fish marketers selectedthrough multi-stage sampling methodData collected were summarized usingdescriptive and inferential statistics and analysiswas done using budgeting and regression modelsZ-statistic was used to test significance ofselected variables while regression model helpedto identify factors influencing returns to thelivelihood strategies
Page 1 and 2: Comparative Profitability of WomenD
Page 3: INTRODUCTION Women are a great forc
Page 7 and 8: For fisher folks,Y = f (X 1, X 2, X
Page 9 and 10: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Empirical fi
Page 11 and 12: Table 1: Distribution of respondent
Page 13 and 14: Cost Components and Profitability o
Page 15 and 16: TABLE 2: Cost Structure of Fisher f
Page 17 and 18: Table 3: Cost Structure of Fish Mar
Page 19 and 20: Test of SignificanceUsing the Z-sta
Page 21 and 22: Factors Influencing Income from Fis
Page 23 and 24: Table 6: Results of Regression Dete
Page 25 and 26: Contribution of Fisher Folks’ and
Page 27 and 28: CHALLENGES FACED IN LIVELIHOOD ACTI
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