Rural Women and their Information Seeking Behavior

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dc.contributor.authorIjiekhuamhen Osaze Patrick
dc.contributor.authorOmosekejimi Ademola Ferdinand
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-18T08:52:23Z
dc.date.available2026-02-18T08:52:23Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionJournal Article
dc.description.abstractThis study is focused at exploring the information seeking behaviour of the women in rural areas. The study adopted a survey design. Four objectives were laid down for the study and a structured interview and questionnaire was used to bring out information from respondents. The findings showed that among the 294 respondents, 41% of them are 31-40 years of age, 24% of the respondents are below 30 years of age, 18% are between the ages of 41-50 years of age among others. The study also revealed majority of the women have secondary school education with 44% of them admitting that they are secondary school certificate holder. The study shows that the information needs of rural women in the top rank are occupational related with 85% of respondents, child care and family relationship with 64% of respondents. The study clearly indicates that the major source of information for the respondents is friends and family members with 95% of the respondents attesting to that, another 75% of the respondents indicated age groups as their source of information. The study revealed that the major use of information by respondents was to improve their Occupation with 91% of respondents, to care for children and run the family with 78% of respondents. It is clear from the study that no library resources is the major barrier to the access of information by respondents with 98%, illiteracy with 76% of respondents, language barriers with 66% respondents, among others. Recommendations were put forward to enhance access to information by women in the rural areas.
dc.identifier.citationIjiekhuamhen, O. P. and Omosekejimi, A. F. (2016) Rural Women and their Information Seeking Behavior; Library Philosophy and Practice, paper: 1396. pp 1 -12. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=aSk-jhsAAAAJ&citation_for_view=aSk-jhsAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.fupre.edu.ng/handle/123456789/185
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLibrary Philosophy and Practice, paper
dc.titleRural Women and their Information Seeking Behavior
dc.typeArticle
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