A Study on Need and Constrains of Women Entrepreneurs in Dakshina Kannada

Abstract

Women prefer to work part time job than full time because of various constraints, who havemore family responsibility than male. They suffer from low salary, unemployment whichlead them lower status in the society. This paper undertakes the study on the needs andconstraints of women entrepreneur. And explore the relevance of self-employment, training,and motivate to start self-employment and to become a successful entrepreneur. The aim isto give detail picture about the need and constraints of women entrepreneurs in DakshinaKannada. And the objectives are: To study the profile of the respondents; To explore therelevance of training, focussing on the factors responsible for relative success and failure ofself employment; To identify the Social and Economic condition of the respondents beforeand after starting Self Employment; To know the impact of Self Employment training andthe constraints to become successful entrepreneurs and the measures to overcome theproblems. This is the descriptive study conducted in Dakshina Kannada District. Thesampling consisted of 50 self-employed urban women and was selected through theaccidental and snow ball sampling method.