THE LEVEL OF ECONOMICS PARTICIPATION OF RURAL WOMEN IN DUHOK GOVERNORATE IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ AND ITS RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES

  • HASHIM SAEED MURAD Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
  • ABID ALI HASAN AL-DOSKI Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
  • AAMEL F. KHALIL AL-ABBASSI Dept. of Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture & Forestry, University of Mosel-Iraq
Keywords: Rural women, participation, Agricultural Economic, Duhok.

Abstract

Women play a vital role in economic activities. They compromise about 50% of the global total labor that engaged in agriculture and food production enterprises. This study is designed to determine the economic participation by rural women in Duhok governorate in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The number of the respondents of this study was (474) were selected by area random sampling. SPSS software were used to analyze the data collected, statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation, and regression was used. The results shows that the perception level of respondents in economic participation is high. The results also show there is a significant relationship between some social, demographic variables and ‘economic participation level such as (age, number of study years, satisfaction with services in the villages, urban openness) and non-significant with (living conditions of the family, fathers occupation or guardian, current job, ability to solve problems). It is recommended that the extension agencies should have a re-orientation of their Programs and activities, where women will be treated equally with their male counterparts. This will ensure more rural and agricultural development in the targeted area.

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Published
2020-07-11
How to Cite
MURAD, H. S., AL-DOSKI, A. A. H., & AL-ABBASSI, A. F. K. (2020). THE LEVEL OF ECONOMICS PARTICIPATION OF RURAL WOMEN IN DUHOK GOVERNORATE IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ AND ITS RELATION WITH SOME VARIABLES. Journal of Duhok University, 22(s2), 80-86. https://doi.org/10.26682/cajuod.2020.22.2.9