abstract: 'The acquisition of vocational training skills and entrepreneurial

  know-how is acknowledged as an added advantage and a safety net to

  navigate poverty, especially in dwindling economic recession time and

  massive unemployment. This study examined the factors influencing the

  usefulness and perceived realization of skills development/empowerment

  to encourage more women''s involvement in small scale businesses and

  promote its effect on poverty alleviation in households across Nigeria.

  Data collection involved a structured questionnaire and in-depth

  interviews conducted post-the vocational skill/empowerment training. The

  training was organized among Campus Keepers in a private university in

  Ogun State, Nigeria. Forty Campus Keepers were selected using the

  systematic sampling technique from a total population of 224, and 37 of

  the 40 selected voluntarily participated in this study. The Campus

  Keepers were women with low socioeconomic status who worked as cleaners

  on the university campus. Five of the Campus Keepers were purposively

  selected as key informants for the study. Results showed that

  respondents who had earlier knowledge and vocational skills training

  reported that it leads to self-employment. This view was higher for

  respondents who had more people in their household than those with fewer

  people (OR = 22.7 {[}CI= .56, 921.31]). The perception that the training

  can lead to additional income was lower for respondents who reported

  that either they or their spouses were sole breadwinners in their

  household than for those who reported that both/others/none were

  breadwinners (OR = .05 {[}CI=0, 1.2]). The odds that the skills

  development/empowerment training will result in perceived improved

  business was higher for respondents who gained more

  knowledge/information from the training than those who did not (OR=29.19

  {[}CI = 1.1, 777.48]). Findings from the qualitative study suggest that

  key informants who participated in past training were yet to establish a

  profitable business of their dream fully. Governmental policy and

  program intervention that incorporates these findings will lead to

  increased participation of the target population in similar training in

  the future, leading to poverty alleviation towards achieving the SDGs

  for Nigeria. (Afr J Reprod Health 2021; 25{[}5s]: 170-186).'
affiliation: 'Oladosun, M (Corresponding Author), Covenant Univ, Women Dev \& Human
  Secur Initiat WDHSI, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  Oladosun, M (Corresponding Author), Covenant Univ Ctr Res Innovat \& Discovery,
  Publ Private Partnership Res Cluster, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  Oladosun, M (Corresponding Author), Covenant Univ, Dept Econ \& Dev Studies, Ota,
  Ogun, Nigeria.

  George, Tayo O.; Oladosun, Muyiwa; Oyesomi, Kehinde; Orbih, Mary U.; Nwokeoma, Nwanne;
  Iruonagbe, Charles; Ajayi, Lady; Lawal-Solarin, Esther, Covenant Univ, Women Dev
  \& Human Secur Initiat WDHSI, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  Oladosun, Muyiwa, Covenant Univ Ctr Res Innovat \& Discovery, Publ Private Partnership
  Res Cluster, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  George, Tayo O.; Orbih, Mary U.; Iruonagbe, Charles, Covenant Univ, Dept Sociol,
  Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  Oladosun, Muyiwa, Covenant Univ, Dept Econ \& Dev Studies, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  Oyesomi, Kehinde, Covenant Univ, Dept Mass Commun, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  Nwokeoma, Nwanne; Lawal-Solarin, Esther, Covenant Univ, Ctr Learning Resources,
  Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.

  Ajayi, Lady, Covenant Univ, Dept Polit Sci \& Int Relat, Ota, Ogun, Nigeria.'
author: George, Tayo O. and Oladosun, Muyiwa and Oyesomi, Kehinde and Orbih, Mary
  U. and Nwokeoma, Nwanne and Iruonagbe, Charles and Ajayi, Lady and Lawal-Solarin,
  Esther
author-email: muyiwa.oladosun@covenantuniversity.edu.ng
author_list:
- family: George
  given: Tayo O.
- family: Oladosun
  given: Muyiwa
- family: Oyesomi
  given: Kehinde
- family: Orbih
  given: Mary U.
- family: Nwokeoma
  given: Nwanne
- family: Iruonagbe
  given: Charles
- family: Ajayi
  given: Lady
- family: Lawal-Solarin
  given: Esther
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.29063/ajrh2021/v25i5s.16
eissn: 2141-3606
files: []
issn: 1118-4841
journal: AFRICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
keywords: 'Skills development; women entrepreneurship; low socioeconomic status;

  expectations on skills; perceived realization'
keywords-plus: FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
language: English
month: NOV
number: 5S, 5
number-of-cited-references: '36'
orcid-numbers: 'Oladosun, Muyiwa/0000-0003-3654-4862

  Lawal-Solarin, Esther/0000-0003-2126-9618'
pages: 170-186
papis_id: 1a70e0241cbe4ce0a71999ad9ee47b79
ref: George2021usefulnessexpectatio
researcherid-numbers: 'Oladosun, Muyiwa/AHC-3752-2022

  Oladosun, Muyiwa/AFU-3017-2022

  '
times-cited: '2'
title: Usefulness and expectations on skills development and entrepreneurship among
  women of low socioeconomic status in Ogun State, Nigeria
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000742769500016
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '25'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2021'