The Socio-Economic Status of Women Entrepreneurs in Salem District of Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The women entrepreneurship has become quite popular all over the world during the few past decades. The women entrepreneurs have proved their mettle that they are equally competent as their male counterparts. They have been running their enterprises successfully by taking active part in the business. They are able to balance the domestic affairs and the business affairs to a great extent. Their socio-economic status is relied upon the enterprises run by them. Salem District is one of the large districts where more number of women entrepreneurs is found and a lot of enterprises are run by them. The size of enterprises run by women entrepreneurs is ranging from small and medium to large size enterprises. The demographic profile of the women entrepreneurs, their attitude towards running their own enterprises, their socioeconomic status and problems faced by them have been examined in this paper.