Association between profile characteristics and entrepreneurial behaviour of women entrepreneurs producing value-added products of millets

Abstract

The study was conducted in Bengaluru rural and Bengaluru urban districts of Karnataka state during 2020-21 to analyze the association between profile characteristics and entrepreneurial behaviour of women entrepreneurs actively involved in producing value-added products of millets. From each district, thirty women entrepreneurs were randomly selected constituting a sample of 60 respondents for the study. Chi-square test was employed to find out the association between the profile characteristics of women entrepreneurs with their entrepreneurial behavior. The variable annual income, mass media exposure and financial support was found to have significant association with the entrepreneurial behaviour of women entrepreneurs at five Percent level of significance. Whereas, education and extension participation were found to be significant at one Percent level of significance. The remaining variables such as age, marital status, family type, family size, organization participation, cosmopoliteness, economic motivation, deferred gratification, experience in enterprise, employment generation were found to have non-significant association with entrepreneurial behaviour of women entrepreneurs.