Statements

N

Mean

STD Dev

Variance

Rank

Most women traders inherited the business from their parents and for that matter had no formal training whatsoever in financial management, marketing or customer care.

120

4.07

0.889

0.790

1

Some women traders felt the need to help their husbands to support the family, thereby starting to sell on the market without formal training.

120

3.93

0.708

0.501

2

A few women also felt they were not attracting husbands because of low education and poor financial circumstances so had to start selling as means of gathering some money with the view to enticing men as life partners.

120

3.79

0.865

0.749

3

Owing to low level of education, some women traders refuse to accept higher denominations of currency notes like the GH¢ 50.00, GH¢ 100.00, GH¢ 200.00 and for that matter will need training in basic mathematics.

120

3.64

0.901

0.811

4

Some parents felt their daughters were not serious at school and therefore found some money to help them trade so as to irk a living without any training.

120

3.57

0.909

0.826

5