Challenges faced by female headed households in improving household welfare in Kitoba Sub County, Hoima District Western Uganda

dc.contributor.authorBoonabana, Harriet
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-10T09:23:29Z
dc.date.available2020-01-10T09:23:29Z
dc.date.issued2015-08
dc.descriptionDissertation submitted to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the A ward of Bachelor’s Degree of Social Work and Social Administration of Kampala International Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThe research was carried out to find out the challenges faced by female headed households in Kitoba Sub County as the case study area. The research arose due to the challenges faced by the female household heads and the objective of the study were to find out the nature of problems faced by female headed household, To examine the factors leading to women becoming household heads and To find out measures put in place to solve the challenges faced by female headed households. The researcher employed descriptive research design in order to ascertain and he able to describe the characteristics of the variables of interest in a situation. A sample of 50 respondents was approached to fill in the questionnaires using simple random selection of the households. Data was selected and analyzed using SPS S and was presented in tabular form. From the research there is concern that the main problem faced by female headed household is problem of finance and resource distribution, despite the study finding out there are very few female headed households in the sub county. The findings from research revealed that the government as the main institution/Organization is taking the initiative to address the challenge of female headed household in the sub county. The researcher recommended that, the government, NGOs and stakeholders should improve schemes for the female headed households so as to increase on their household incomes such that they can solve their financial problems and also proper channels improvised to solve family conflicts, social and moral problemsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/6765
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences.en_US
dc.subjectFemale Headed Householdsen_US
dc.subjectHousehold Welfareen_US
dc.subjectKitoba Sub Countyen_US
dc.subjectHoima Districten_US
dc.subjectWestern Ugandaen_US
dc.titleChallenges faced by female headed households in improving household welfare in Kitoba Sub County, Hoima District Western Ugandaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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