The Role of Women in the Informal sector: The Case of Ajegunle, Nigeria

Living conditions, occupational activities and financial position of
women in the informal sector.

Topics: knowledge of the Cardoso Center and its activities; interest
in information on the Cardoso Center; marital status; number of
children; number of children in household; size of household and
degree of relationship in household; number of domestic help; type of
house and housing status; amount of rent; housing situation; regional
origins; ethnic group affiliation; reasons for migrating to Ajegunle;
length of stay in Ajegunle; migration of residents of hometown to the
city or remigration to the country; frequency of residents of this
part of town moving to another part of town or to the suburbs of
Lagos; personal possession of a farm in hometown as well as
possession of a farm by parents and brothers; frequency of food
shipments from hometown and types of food; financial support for
people from hometown and amount; personal education level as well as
education level of husband; personal occupation and occupation of
husband; amount of expenses for food; bank accounts and type of
accounts; membership in savings institutions; frequency and amount of
deposits with savings institutions; union membership; amount of
membership fee to join union and amount of monthly contributions;
possibility of a loan through the union; union problems with creditor
payments; frequency of cases of non-repayment of loans to the union
and size of these amounts; earlier membership in savings
institutions; reasons for not belonging to a savings institution;
husband´s membership in a savings institution; personal membership or
husband´s membership in clubs and organizations as well as frequency
of meetings and number of members; biggest problems in Ajegunle;
desired changes and improvements in Ajegunle; expected changes and
improvements as well as deteriorations in Ajegunle in the next few
years.

Only women shopkeepers and craftswomen were asked the following: type
of trade or craft; length of business activity; amount of start
capital necessary; financial source for the start capital; amount of
monthly repayments; financial source for additional investments; sum
of money needed for expansion and improvement of the business;
willingness to finance such measures through a loan; last monthly
income; highest and lowest monthly income; type of book-keeping.
Only women shopkeepers were additionally asked: amount and type of
additional source of income.

Only craftswomen were additionally asked: number of trainees since
the business was founded; current number of trainees; amount of
trainee pay.

Only unemployed women were asked: length and reasons for
unemployment; form of contribution to family´s livelihood.
Only employed women were asked: amount of income and form of
contribution to the family´s livelihood.