Womens Economic Empowerment Factors Affecting Womens Participation In Micro-Enterprises

The study generally aimed to determine the factors affecting womens participation in micro-enterprises particularly economic social and legal and administrative. It specifically looked into the profile of women respondents in terms of municipality age civil status educational attainment and occupation business ownership and source of start-up capital and access to credit. This was a descriptive research which utilized the quantitative approach. A researcher-made questionnaire was used as data gathering instrument which was responded to by 20 female respondents from the adopted barangays of Batangas State University. Purposive sampling was the sampling technique used in selecting the respondents. Frequency percentage and weighted mean were the statistical tools used to analyze data. Based on the findings it was concluded that most of the respondents are from Nasugbu Batangas 36 to 55 years old married high school graduate and has no occupation. Majority own a business with a start-up capital from public financial assistancesupport program and did not apply for a loan in the last six months. Respondents agree that economic social and legal and administrative factors affect womens participation in micro-enterprises.