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

Table 13. Economic factors that affect the performance of women entrepreneurs in MSEs
No. Item
MEAN STANDARD Rank of
1 Economic factors
DEVIATION Severity
1.1 I am satisfied with the financial access given by
micro finances and other credit institutions.
1.93 1.34 2 nd
1.2 I have a better access to market for my products 2.85 1.53 8 th
1.3 A have better access to different business
trainings
2.17 1.24 4 th
1.4 I have my own premises (land) to run my
business
1.92 1.28 1 st
1.5 I have an access to information to exploit
business opportunities
3.69 1.38 10 th
1.6 I have managerial skills 2.58 1.30 7 th
1.7 I have access to necessary technologies 2.18 1.29 5 th
1.8 There is no stiff competition in the market place
that I am engaged in.
2.12 1.14 3 rd
1.9 Adequate infrastructures are available 3.59 1.37 9 th
1.10 I have access to necessary inputs(raw materials) 2.19 1.27 6 th
Grand mean/standard deviation 2.49 0.1
It is discussed in table 12 above that microfinance are the main suppliers of finance for
women entrepreneurs in MSEs. But table 13 shows that women entrepreneurs in MSEs
are not satisfied with the financial access given by micro finances and other lending
institutions. It shows a mean score of 1.93 with a standard deviation of 1.34.Therefore,the
average score of the respondents with regard to satisfactory financial access is ‘disagree’
with little deviations among them.
As the mean score (2.85) and standard deviation (1.53) in the table above show, the
market access of the respondents entrepreneurs is almost undecided. It seems that these
women neither agree nor disagree on the market condition of their products.
Most women entrepreneurs in MSEs acquire their skills for establishing their own
business from formal trainings (See table 11).But as the table above shows, the access for
different business trainings for the women respondents is low with a mean of 2.17and
standard deviation of 1.24.
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