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

As can be seen from the table ,majority of the respondents(51.27%) have a family size of
less than 4.The table also shows that 42.13% of the respondents have a house hold size of
4-5.It is only the remaining 6.60% respondents that their family size is greater than 5.
Sector
The sectors in which women entrepreneurs are working in is depicted in the following
table.
Table 6. Sectors respondents engaged in.
Item
Sector
40
Number
Percent
Trade 5 2.54
Production 107 54.31
Services 71 36.04
Hand-craft 14 7.11
Other - -
Total 197 100
It is clearly seen from table 6 above that majority of the respondents (54.31%) are
engaged in the production sector. The service sector accounts 36.04% of the respondents.
The hand crafts and trade take the remaining 7.11% and 2.54% respectively.
Number of employees in the enterprise
Women entrepreneurs in MSEs provide a large numbers of employment opportunities to
the society. The following table clearly shows the number of employees that women
entrepreneurs in MSEs employ.