RESULTS Characteristics of Businesses and Participants A total of 58 managers participated in workshops and provided useable data. A selected summary of
characteristics about the business and study participant is provided in Table 1.
Table 1. Selected characteristics of businesses and participants (N=58) Characteristic n Location of businesses
Arusha
30
Dar
es
Salaam
18
Mwanza
10
Ownership
Sole
proprietorship 42
Partnerships
12
Publicly-held
2
Franchise/management contracts 2
Gender of workshop participants
Male
48
Female
10
Demographic characteristics Kruskal-Wallis mean rank test of demographic characteristics suggest that there was a significant
difference in education of owners and managers amongst the three cities (Table 2). Education levels were lower in