Indigenous Communication: Socio-Economic Characteristics Influencing Contemporary Female Political Participation
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This paper takes into account the exceptionality of the socio-economic characteristics (age,
income, education, marital status, occupation) of female participation in politics through the use
of indigenous communication. The theory was laid on democratic-participant theory. Four
communities were selected in Lagos and Ogun states. Survey design, Focus Group Discussion
(FGD) and in-depth interviews (IDI) were adopted to generate both quantitative and qualitative
data for the study. Structured and semi structured copies of the questionnaire were administered
on 800 purposively selected respondents but only 775 copies of the questionnaire were used for
analysis. Four (4) focus group discussions, made up of 8 purposively selected discussants each
took place in four communities. Four purposively selected participants took part in the in-depth
interviews. The quantitative data were presented in tables and analysed, using percentage counts,
and cross tabulation. Mean and standard deviation were used for ranking of the perception of
women on the role of indigenous communication in politics. The qualitative data, on the other
hand, were transcribed and analysed, adopting the constant comparative technique and thematic
approach. From the findings, young women participate more in politics. On age distribution,
respondents were analysed and the result reveals that 40%, were between 26-35 years, only 8.2%,
were over 55 years. The age distribution reveals that over 70% of the respondents were young
women. Most of the respondents in this research were between 18 and 35. Recommendation were
made among others that since young female participate more in politics, leaders in the community
should devise more activities to promote the participation of young women and involve them in
the preparation, organisation and evaluation of such activities.
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JA Political science (General)