Determinants of Livelihood Strategies of Urban Women: The Case of Female Household Heads in Wolenchiti Town, Ethiopia

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This qualitative study in Wolenchiti town, Ethiopia, identified determinants of livelihood strategies among female household heads. Major activities included petty trading, domestic services, daily labor, prostitution, and urban agriculture. Demographic factors like age and household size, and socioeconomic factors such as access to financial, human, social, physical, and natural capital, were found to be leading determinants.