Assessment of Periwinkle Gathering and Marketing on the
Wellbeing of Women in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa
State

Gbasinghan E. E. Elenwa C. O; Nlerum; F. E.

doi:10.56201/ijaes.v10.no5.2024.pg270.278

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Assessment of Periwinkle Gathering and Marketing on the Wellbeing of Women in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State

Gbasinghan E. E. Elenwa C. O and Nlerum, F. E.

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The study assessed periwinkle gathering and marketing on women well-being in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 150 respondents. Structured questionnaire was used for collection of data for the study. Descriptive statistic such as mean, frequency, tables and percentage was used to present data. From the results, the mean age of the respondents was 40 years; the mean house-hold size of the respondents was 5; the mean monthly net income of the respondents was ?60,500. For areas of periwinkle gathering and marketing, the result revealed that 86.6% were selling the removed periwinkle meat to consumers, while 61.9% sells the periwinkle shells to construction workers. The socio-economic effect of periwinkle gathering and marketing on women includes source of income, source of livelihood (87.6%) and helps relief pains and memories (42.1%). The study concludes that periwinkle gathering and marketing has positive influence on the women socioeconomic wellbeing The study recommended that, women who are not gainfully employed should identify one of the areas of periwinkle gathering and marketing to cushion the effect of unemployment in order to meet up economic demands.

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