Determinants of Nilgiri tribal women for joining self-help groups Sujeetha TN*, Ravichandran V, Jebamary MV Karuna1 Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003, Tamil Nadu, India 1Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003, Tamil Nadu, India *Email forcorrespondence: jenithawalking087@gmail.com
Online published on 25 July, 2018. Abstract A study was conducted on the tribal women in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu to assess the determinants of tribal women SHG members for joining SHGs. Kotagiri and Gudalur blocks were selected based on the presence of NGOs specifically working for the tribes. Totally twelve SHGs were randomly selected for the study. This comprised four each from Todas, Kattunayakas and Paniyas. A sample of 10 members from each SHG was randomly selected. Thus the total sample size was 120. The results indicated that majority of the tribal women expressed repaying the old debts (92.50%), getting loan from the group (89.17%), meeting out emergency needs (89.17%), indebtedness (85.83%) and motive to earn and save money were their foremost determinants in joining SHGs. Top Keywords Tribal women, SHGs, determinants, non-governmental organizations. Top |