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DOI	10.1177/0266666918777880
	Empowering women with information: An investigation of rural desert women's information behaviour in Pakistan
	Naveed, Muhammad Asif; Suhaib, Ayesha
通讯作者	Naveed, MA (corresponding author), Univ Sargodha, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Sargodha, Pakistan.
来源期刊	INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT
ISSN	0266-6669
EISSN	1741-6469
出版年	2019
卷号	35 期号:4 页码:601-611
英文摘要	This study investigated the information behaviour of rural desert women residing in Hafizwala village from the Bahawalnagar district, Pakistan. Data were collected from adult females using an interview questionnaire. Face to face interviews with each female were conducted by visiting their houses. The rural desert women required information mainly on health (self and family), child education, religion, pregnancy related issues, cattle and poultry care, water purification. They perceived political, agricultural, nutritional, housekeeping, and current affaires related information as important. These respondents relied heavily on informal information sources such as family members, close relatives, and friends in information acquisition. Inaccessibility, illiteracy, lack of awareness, poor economic conditions, cultural restrictions, and language or communication barriers were the primary barriers in acquiring everyday information. These results are useful in planning need-based information delivery system for desert communities in Pakistan as well as other developing countries in Africa and Asia.
英文关键词	information behaviour rural development women empowerment desert women Pakistan
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000482966700009
WOS关键词	NEEDS ; FARMERS
WOS类目	Information Science & Library Science
WOS研究方向	Information Science & Library Science
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369581
作者单位	[Naveed, Muhammad Asif] Univ Sargodha, LIS Dept, Sargodha, Pakistan; [Suhaib, Ayesha] Univ Punjab, Dept Informat Management, Philosophy Informat Management, Lahore, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Naveed, Muhammad Asif,Suhaib, Ayesha. Empowering women with information: An investigation of rural desert women's information behaviour in Pakistan[J],2019,35(4):601-611.
APA	Naveed, Muhammad Asif,&Suhaib, Ayesha.(2019).Empowering women with information: An investigation of rural desert women's information behaviour in Pakistan.INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT,35(4),601-611.
MLA	Naveed, Muhammad Asif,et al."Empowering women with information: An investigation of rural desert women's information behaviour in Pakistan".INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT 35.4(2019):601-611.