DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A SCALE TO MEASURE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS FOR SHG MEMBERS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/fwnrdx57Keywords:
Self Help Groups, Micro Enterprise Development Programme, Livelihood and Enterprise Development Programme, Perceived BenefitsAbstract
Gender disparities in economic development is a problem established across the world. Women are often excluded from the process and benefits of development, negatively affecting their health, income and existence. NABARD has implemented many programmes to assist rural women to escape the clutches of poverty and exclusion. MEDP and LEDP are important interventions conducted to help rural women members of SHGs to enhance their skills, and ensure their sustainable livelihood through capacity building in their small-scale economic activities. These programmes are extensively carried out. The present study was intended to develop a scale to measure the perceived benefits or effectiveness of these programmes in imparting skills, knowledge, and expertise among rural women to come out of exclusion and poverty. The scale development and validation process included development of item pool from literature, and analysing its factor structure, and assessing its reliability and validity. A 12-item three-dimensional scale was finalised to measure the perceived effectiveness of the scale.
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