Measuring Socio Economic Upliftment Of Women Through Women Empowerment Programmes In Rajasthan

This study follows a specific approach, combining qualitative and quantitative techniques to assess the impact of various empowerment initiatives.A Judgemental sampling technique was used to ensure representation from different socio-economic backgrounds.The Primary data source was collected from women registered under women empowerment programmes.This study involves primary data collection from 508 respondents through structured questionnaire and personal interview, While Secondary data was collected through Books, Periodicals, Journals, Research papers, and case-study, Websites, Articles, and Newspapers.The use of internet was also of great help to the researcher as various search engines namely google.com,yahoo.com,and bing.com.For the current research work one way ANOVA, one sample t test, multiple regression analysis was used.The results reveal which factors (like freedom of movement, decision-making, income, etc.) most significantly influence overall social empowerment.The results of the multiple regression analysis show that several independent variables significantly impact the overall social empowerment of women (measured by SE_1).In the final model, the most influential predictors include SE_11 (ability to provide employment), SE_2 (freedom of movement), SE_5 (ownership of business), and SE_3 (decision making).The regression coefficients indicate that SE_11 (employment provision) has the strongest positive effect, with a coefficient of 0.506, followed by SE_2 (freedom of movement) with 0.429, and SE_5 (ownership of business) with 0.184, suggesting these factors contribute most to enhancing social empowerment