FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...

there is no respondents who has a degree and above.
With regard to the work experience of the respondents, the table shows that majority of
the respondents (46.19%) have 1-5 years of experience in their work. It is also clear that
29.90% and 20.81% of the respondents have an experience of less than one year and
greater than 10years respectively. The remaining 6.09% of the respondents have 6-10
years of service in their enterprise.
The marital status of the respondents shows that the majority are married(45.18%)
followed by singles(28.93%).The remaining 14.21% and 11.68% of the respondents are
divorced and widowed respectively.
4.1.2 Characteristics of women entrepreneurs in MSEs and women owned
enterprises
There are a number of distinct criteria that makes women entrepreneurs and their
enterprises different from that of men entrepreneurs even though there are common
elements. The following table shows the characteristics of respondents by family size,
sector they are working on, the number of employees working in the enterprise, legal
ownership status of the business, reasons to start own business, who initiates the business
idea, source of skill for starting the enterprise and source of starting fund.
Family size
The following table shows the family size of respondents
Table 5. Family sizes of respondents
Item
Family size
Number Percent
Less than 4 101 51.27
3-5 83 42.13
Greater than 5 13 6.60
Total 197 100
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