Research Article

Adult Literacy and Skill Acquisition Programmes as Correlates of Women Empowerment and Self-Reliance in The Gambia

Table 4

Relationship between adult literacy and skill acquisition programme and women self-reliance using paired samples test.

Adult literacy and skill acquisition programme and women self-reliancePaired differencesTDfSig. (2-tailed)
MeanSDStandard error mean95% confidence interval of the difference
LowerUpper

Pair 1Financially empowered by the training, the training was well laid out and interesting1.06800.670200.042390.984521.151525.1962490.004
Pair 2Can contributing to family expenses, clarity of instruction at workshop1.59600.640640.040521.516201.675839.3902490.004
Pair 3Will soon be an employer of labour, the relevance of the content on the training manual0.96000.645030.040800.879651.040423.5322490.004
Pair 4Relevance to level of education, the training improves financial status0.96400.493640.031220.902511.025530.8772490.004
Pair 5Relevance to personal need, can now train other women0.86400.550200.034800.795470.932524.8292490.004