Factors Influencing Women Entrepreneurs during a Pandemic: A phenomenological study in East Wiwitan Village, Lamasi District, Luwu Regency

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic, which has been going on for more than 2 years, has hurt people's welfare. The family economy, which is decreasing day by day, encourages women who are in East Wiwitan Village, Lamasi District, Luwu Regency, to work as a form of support to meet the economic needs of the family. The purpose of this research is to answer the problems of 1) the phenomenon of entrepreneurial women in the village of Wiwitan Timur Kec. Lamasi Kab. Luwu 2) the effect of income on women entrepreneurs 3) the effect of independence on women entrepreneurs 4) the influence of the husband's role on women entrepreneurs. The type of research used in this study is a type of qualitative and quantitative Mix Methods research. Qualitative data collection was carried out through interviews with 5 informants, while quantitative data was through distributing questionnaires to 57 samples of female entrepreneurs in the East Wiwitan Village, Kec. Lamasi Kab, Luwu. The results showed that 1) on average, women who are self-employed in East Wiwitan Village, Lamasi District, Luwu Regency are now willing to increase their role by working to help their husbands/families by means of entrepreneurship, such as snack businesses, culinary, mixed stalls. 2) the income variable (X1) has a significant effect on women who are entrepreneurs, the independent variable (X2) has a significant effect on women who are entrepreneurs, and the husband's role variable (X3) has a significant effect on women who are entrepreneurs in the village of East Wiwitan.