Entrepreneurial behaviour of Self Help Groups: Enterprise, Income and Efficiency

The role of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the development of entrepreneurship especially for women in the rural areas is vital. SHG is a village-based financial intermediary committee normally consist of 10—20 local women or men. Selfhelp group is basically group of individual members who by free alliance come together for a common communal purpose. The present study was conducted in Pandurangapuram village, under Nandyalmandal and Gopavar am village, under Mahanandimandal of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. The number of respondents were 80 and they were selected randomly. The data were collected through pilot survey and s tructured interview. The statistical tools used for data analysis are Correlation coefficient, Stepwise regression analysis, Canonical covariate analysis, Factor analysis and Cluster analysis. The correlation coefficients suggest that younger respondents have recorded higher and better entrepreneurial behaviour and this have also been reflected in Experience in SHG. Regression results found that 11 casual variables together have contributed 65.8 per cent of variance in consequent variable Entrepreneurial behaviour (y₁). Extension contacts (x₇) Distance from market (x₁₀), No of trainings attended (x₈) has been retained in the last step of step down regression that means these are the most important causal variables which affect the consequent variable. The results of path analysis envies that the variable No of trainings attended (x₈) have got highest indirect effect on y₁.