A statistical and analytical study of the factors that impede women's participation in economic activities in Kirkuk, Iraq

Abstract

This study deals with the issue of women's participation in economic activities in Kirkuk, Iraq, and the main factors that impede this participation. It employs the questionnaire form designed for this purpose, which was distributed to women in Kirkuk. Additionally, the principal components method is used to reduce the number of the variables involved in the analysis to the lowest number of factors that serve as the best representation of the variables. The findings demonstrate that eight main factors represent the study variables. These factors explained about 70% of their total variance. Based on these factors, conclusions and recommendations are made on the study subject.