Developing a cumulative scale for measuring the performance of self-help groups in rural areas
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Date
2015-08
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Abstract
Considering the growing significance of self-help groups for women empowerment, a scale was
developed to measure the performance of self-help groups in rural areas by using Guttman scale
method. The present study was conducted in five blocks of Kancheepuram district with a sample size of
100 women to measure their performance. For the purpose of this study, a variable was operationalized
to measure the performance efficiency of SHG’s in rural areas in varying degrees of favourableness or
unfavourableness. A total number of 34 indicators were finally selected and arranged randomly under
eight dimensions in the scale consisting of 3-5 indicators in each dimensions. A two point response of
agree and disagree were used as response categories. The co-efficient of reproducibility for each
dimension was worked and overall co-efficient of reproducibility was found to be 0.991. Hence it can
be accepted as very good scalogram. The relationship between responses of members of SHG’s and
officials of SHG’s were found to have a positive and significant correlation.
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TNV_IJAR_2015aug _1(10)_ 8-14
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Veterinary Science