African Journal of Gender and Women Studies

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies ISSN 2516-9831 Vol. 3 (1), pp. 124-133, January, 2018. © International Scholars Journals

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Effect of gender on household heads and housing condition in Osun State, Nigeria

¹Olubi Akande*, ²James Oniru and ²Ade Ajayi

¹Department of Agronomy, School of Agricultural and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.

²Department of Crop Science, School of Agricultural and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 22 September, 2017

Abstract

Housing is one of the basic needs of man, unarguably the third after food and clothing. It accounts for the social, cultural and economic value of a society; hence, quality housing is desired by all individuals. However, the rural areas have long been battling with challenges associated with condition and quality of housing. It is of note that many researchers have accounted for several factors affecting housing conditions in the rural areas but only few have documented the role that the gender of the household head plays on housing condition. In this study, household head refers to the eldest person in a house who most at times is also the bread winner of the family. This study hence, examines the role of household head gender on housing condition in Egbeda village, Iragbiji, Osun state. There are 94 inhabited houses in the village. Primary data were obtained through direct observation and questionnaire administered to all household heads in the village; the research is a census as 100% sample was done. Secondary data were obtained from the local planning authority. Descriptive and inferential methods were used in analyzing the data. Findings reveal that 58 households are headed by men while 36 are headed by women. Average income of women heads is low compared to their male counterparts. Although housing condition in the village is generally below standard, it was noted that houses headed by men are in better conditions than those headed by women. Data was subjected to chi square analysis and the research concluded that there is a significant relationship between housing condition and the gender of household head in the study area. Appropriate recommendations were made to improve the condition of housing in the study area.

key words: Gender, household head, housing condition, dwellings, rural areas.

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies ISSN 2516-9831 Vol. 3 (3), pp. 141-150, March, 2018. © International Scholars Journals

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Evaluation of the effect of gender and study programme on absentee rates

¹Foss Erik*, ¹Brit Tove and ²Faldet Borgen

¹Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Education, Nesna University College, Nesna, Nordland, Norway.

²Department of Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Harstad University College, Harstad, Norway.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 12 January, 2018

Abstract

Little is known about absenteeism in high school physical education (PE) in relation to study programme and gender. This study investigated the impact of gender and study programme on absentee rates in PE by analyzing data, using non-parametric statistical analyses, from the absentee registers for all 6928 students in Nordland Country. The results showed that the absentee rates in PE differed among four categorized studies; vocational subjects in general, and vocational subjects dominated by the girls had the highest absentee rates. Girls had a higher absentee rate in PE than boys. Girls attending vocational subjects dominated by boys had higher absentee rate in PE than boys, while there was no gender difference within the other three categories. The findings may help teachers in high school identify the study programmes in which absence is a major problem, especially among students in girls dominated vocational subjects, and girls in vocational subjects dominated by boys.

Key words: Absenteeism, high school, study programme, gender.

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies ISSN 2516-9831 Vol. 3 (2), pp. 134-140, February, 2018. © International Scholars Journals

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A study of gender analysis of micro-loan accessed by small-scale agro-entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

¹I.K Okafor*, ²Udoka Ekene and ²Victor Obinna

¹Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria.

²Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 22 November, 2017

Abstract 

Available statistics confirmed that men have access to credit more than women in Nigeria because men have assets which serve as collateral for accessing credit. Credit is essential to farmers, especially the small-scale farmers who have limited capital for their production but constitute the greatest force in food production in many developing countries. The study was carried out to investigate micro-loan sizes accessed by male and female small-scale agro-entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria on a comparative basis. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to collect data from 373 respondents who were either client of formal, semiformal or informal microcredit institutions. Z-test results revealed that loan sizes accessed from formal source showed that there was no significant difference between the mean amount accessed by men and women borrowers. Also for the informal micro-credit, there was no significant difference (p>0.50) between the mean amount of loan accessed by male and female agro-entrepreneur borrowers. The result of the semiformal loans showed that there was a significant difference (p<0.05) between the mean amount of loan, accessed by male and female borrowers. The study recommends that micro-credit schemes which are the major strategy for formal financial inclusion in Nigeria have really impacted positively on women’s loan sizes, and should be sustained to close the gap existing between men and women in accessing microcredit.

Key words: Gender, micro-credit, male agro-entrepreneurs, female agro-entrepreneurs, loan size, formal and informal sources, borrowers.

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies ISSN 2516-9831 Vol. 2 (4), pp. 095-100, April, 2017. © International Scholars Journals

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A study of the socio-economic characteristics and disparity in gender access to ICTs

Olumide Adebayo*, Israel Oyedepo and Bolaji Awojobi 

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Accepted 12 September, 2016

Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Key words: Information and Communications Technology (ICTs), gender, rural, access, agriculture, development.