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| Title: | Insights into the information needs of women in the informal sector of Uganda |
| Authors: | Ikoja-Odongo, J. Robert |
| Keywords: | Information seeking
Information needs |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science |
| Abstract: | The informal sector is a fast growing economic sector in Uganda for development and employment of most small business entrepreneurs including women in the country. This paper presents insights into the information needs and information seeking strategies of the Ugandan women in the informal sector. Their business characteristics and sources, and channels they use to access information as well as constraints they face in information seeking, have been explored and represented. Qualitative research design and methods
that involved the use of critical incidence technique were largely used. One hundred and seventeen women from five districts were sampled through snowballing and disproportionate sampling techniques. This paper recommends actions to be taken to make business information available to women. More research on women related information is advocated. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/193 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (EASLIS)
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