Insights into the information needs of women in the informal sector of Uganda

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dc.creatorIkoja-Odongo, J. Robert
dc.date2012-09-28T14:20:10Z
dc.date2012-09-28T14:20:10Z
dc.date2002
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-04T12:50:54Z
dc.date.available2018-09-04T12:50:54Z
dc.descriptionThe 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.
dc.identifierIkoja-Odongo, R. (2002). Insights into the information needs of women in the informal sector of Uganda, South African Journal of Library and Information Science, 68(1): 39-52
dc.identifier0256-8861
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/735
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/735
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSouth African Journal of Library and Information Science
dc.subjectInformation needs
dc.subjectInformation seeking
dc.subjectInformal sector
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleInsights into the information needs of women in the informal sector of Uganda
dc.typeJournal article, peer reviewed
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