Abstract: The present study examined the impact of Self-Help Group (SHG) membership of rural women in their political participation and community service. The objective of the study was to compare the women’s political participation and community service between the self-help group members and non-self-help group members. Data was collected from the 70 SHG members and 70 non-SHG members. Two groups were compared on the measure of empowerment using Chi-square with Yates’ continuity correction since the variable was categorical and dichotomous. The result showed that the rural women participants of SHG showed high community service attitude than the non-participants. However, there was no difference found between the two groups in the political participation.
Keywords: Self-Help Group, Rural Women, Community Service, and Political Participation.
Title: Impact of Self Help Group Membership of Rural Women on their Political Participation and Community Service
Author: Nalla Vivekanand, Dr. A. Velayudham
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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