Exploratory study on Information Needs for Socioeconomic Empowerment of Women Artisans in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAdekanye, E.A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-18T14:58:37Z
dc.date.available2022-11-18T14:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-06
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explored information needs for social economic empowennent of women artisans in Ikorodu, Lagos State, igeria. A total of 200 randomly selected women artisans drawn from six major economic nerves centers within Ikorodu community constituted the sample. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analysed the data. Simple linear regression was used to determine the link between information usage and socioeconomic empowennent of the women artisans. Results of the study showed that the levels of information usage and that of socioeconomic empowerment of women in Ikorodu were both high to a greater degree. Information usage was significantly related to socioeconomic empowennent of women in Ikorodu (x2 = 20.886; p<O.l). It was therefore concluded that the role of information usage in improving the socioeconomic of women artisans in Ikorodu was substantiated in the study. The study therefore recommended that women artisans in Ikorodu should make use of information to empower themselves socio-econornicallen_US
dc.identifier.citationAdekanye, E.A. (). Exploratory study on Information Needs for Socioeconomic Empowerment of Women Artisans in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Library and Information Sciences, 7(1), 79-89.en_US
dc.identifier.issn: 2374-2372 (print Version)
dc.identifier.issn: 2374-2364 (Electronic Version)
dc.identifier.otherDOl: 1O.15640/jlis.v7n1a
dc.identifier.uriURL: https:/ /doi.org/1O.15640/jlis.v7n1a8
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11908
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Research Institute for Policy Development, USAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNigeria. Journal of Library and Information Sciences;7(1)
dc.subjectInformation needsen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economic empowermenten_US
dc.subjectWomen artisanen_US
dc.subjectIkoroduen_US
dc.subjectLagos Stateen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Other social sciences::Library and information scienceen_US
dc.titleExploratory study on Information Needs for Socioeconomic Empowerment of Women Artisans in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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