SATISFACTION OF WOMEN BENEFICIARIES ON MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAM OF SHAKTI FOUNDATION

Abstract

The major focus of the study was to have an understanding on satisfaction of women beneficiaries of Shakti Foundation, This study investigated the nature and extent of rural women's satisfaction and factors influencing it. The methodology of this study is an integration of quantitative and qualitative methods based on data collected in nine villages of Sadar upazila under Munshigonj district. Eleven key indicators of satisfaction covering four dimensions were chosen for this purpose. Data were collected from 105 respondents during January-February. 2010 following systematic sampling method. Finally, a cumulative satisfaction index (CSJ) was developed adding the obtained scores of eleven satisfaction indicators. Medium satisfaction took place among majority (44.9 percent) of the women, while high satisfaction among (28.2 percent) of them. The proportion of women having low satisfaction was only 26.9 percent. Thus the overwhelming majority (73.1 percent) of the rural women reported to have acquired satisfaction to the extent of medium to high. Among the eleven variables four namely family size, credit availability, credit utilization and training received were positively significant. On the other hand age, education, annual family income, commercialization, aspiration, fatalism and wealth osership did not show any significant relationship with their satisfaction.