MARITAL CHALLENGES AND YOUNG WOMEN ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS IN LAGOS STATE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Nureni A. Lawal, Rachael O. Ogundoyin, Akintunde A. Akintayo, Callistus D. Odeh

Abstract


This study investigates the relationship between marital challenges and the entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurship in the Lagos State environment. It specifically examines the impact of Childlessness in marriage on the entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurs, investigates the effect of the Husband's support on the entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurs and determines the impact of extended family influence on marriage on the entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurs in Lagos State. Three hundred respondents were purposively chosen through the primary source, and hypotheses were tested with linear regression analysis. Findings showed that Childlessness impacted the entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurs at F(1,265), 8.063, p-value < 0.05 (Sig .005), Husband's support impacting entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurs at F(1,265), 28.530, p-value < 0.05 (Sig .000)and extended family influence on marriage impacting entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurs at F(1,264), 35.175, p-value < 0.05 (Sig .000). These implies that the trio of Childlessness, Husband's support and extended family influence on marriage, all significantly impact entrepreneurial success of women entrepreneurs in Lagos State. The study, therefore, recommends that every support should be given to women entrepreneurs by husbands and family members to reduce the challenges they face and to focus.


Keywords


Entrepreneurial Success, Childlessness, Family Influence, Marital Challenges, Women Entrepreneurs.

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