نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Economic empowerment of rural communities is one of the issues that is increasingly in need of attention. In this regard, this study aimed at factors influencing in the economic empowerment of livestock farmers in Savadkouh Shomali County, Mazandaran in 2024. The statistical population of study includes livestock farmers of Savadkouh Shomali County in Mazandaran Province (N= 425). According to Cochran's formula and stratified random sampling method, 213 livestock farmers were selected as a statistical sample. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into seven main sections: economic empowerment, personality factor, job characteristics, economic factor, motivational factor, social factor and training factor with a Likert scale. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts' opinions. Also, based on the Average Variance Extracted (0.633<AVE<0.834), Composite Reliability (0.894<CR<0.981) and Cronbach Alpha (0.850<CA<0.979), the questionnaire had a convergent validity and appropriate reliability. SPSS16 and Smart PLS3 software were used to analyze the data. The results of structural equation modeling showed that personality factor, job characteristics and motivational factor had a positive and significant impact on economic empowerment and explained 80.4 percent of it. The personality factor had the greatest overall impact on the economic empowerment of livestock farmers.
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