Portraying the Factual Condition of Low-Income Women in Padang

DOI

10.2991/nfeic-18.2019.24How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Characteristic; Economy; Low-income

Abstract

The number of women living in poverty in Indonesia has not significantly decreased. This study aims to investigatethe individual characteristic of the women in Padang, the entreprenurialpotential they can maximize, and kinds of factors hindering them from starting entrepreneurship.The data were collected through questionnaire and interview. The results show that, they are working-age women, married and have low level of formal education. Most of them are housewives and have low amount of earnings. They have an array of potential that can support them to start entrepreneurship. Some key factors hindering them from realizing the potential, among which are their low level of education, and poor financial management.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Syafruddin Wahid
AU  - Solfema
PY  - 2019/01
DA  - 2019/01
TI  - Portraying the Factual Condition of Low-Income Women in Padang
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Non Formal Education International Conference (NFEIC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 109
EP  - 113
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/nfeic-18.2019.24
DO  - 10.2991/nfeic-18.2019.24
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