COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH AND GROUP BASED APPROACH OF DIPSHIKHA ACTIVITIES

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the comparative effectiveness of Family Development Approach (FDA) and Group Based Approach (GBA) of Dipshikha activities. Besides, attempt was made to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics on the effectiveness of Dipshikha activities. The study was conducted at Ghoraghat upazila under Dinajpur district. Data were collected from randomly selected 135 beneficiaries where 88 for Family Development Approach and 47 for Group Based Approach by using an interview schedule. The effectiveness were measured by computing the changes in housing condition, drinking water sources, sanitation conditions, health awareness, medical treatment and family assets of pre and post Dipshikha period under both of the approaches. Full model regression method was administered to determine the contribution of the selected characteristics of Dipshikha activities as perceived by the beneficiaries. The findings revealed that overwhelming majority (84.1%) of the beneficiaries had perceived medium effectiveness of Dipshikha activities under Family Development Approach and 87.3% of the beneficiaries had perceived medium effectiveness under Group Based Approach. The simple t- test showed that there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of FDA and GBA of Dipshika activities. Education, annual family income and training exposure had positive contribution to the effectiveness of FDA of Dipshikha. On the other hand, Education, family savings and training exposure had positive contribution to the effectiveness of GBA of Dipshikha. The findings also revealed the overall effectiveness of Dipshikha activities. Education, training exposure and attitude towards Dipshikha had positive contribution on Dipshikha activities in both FDA and GBA. Other characteristics of Dipshikha beneficiaries had no significant contribution on the effectiveness of Dipshikha activities.