Studying the impact of literacy on entrepreneurship among nomadic women in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

The aim of the present study is that by developing literacy on the entrepreneurship of nomadic womenThe aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of literacy development on promoting entrepreneurship among nomadic women in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Literacy, as one of the effective factors in empowering women, can increase income, improve job skills, improve agricultural production, and create motivation for innovation and presenting new ideas. This study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method. The statistical population included all nomadic women in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, which was considered unlimited. The sample size was determined as 384 people using the Cochran formula for an unlimited population, and sampling was carried out using the available method. The data collection tool included two standard questionnaires: Yap and Tan's literacy questionnaire (2022) and Anvar and Salam's entrepreneurship questionnaire (2019). The reliability of all dimensions was confirmed with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient above 0.80, and the validity of the tools was also confirmed by experts from Farhangian University and Isfahan University. For data analysis, descriptive statistics (frequency percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics using path coefficient were used. The final analysis was performed with SPSS-23 and Smart PLS-3 software. The results showed that increasing literacy on average leads to an 85.9% improvement in the entrepreneurship indicators of nomadic women in the province. Based on the findings, it is suggested that educational programs be designed for nomadic women based on the real needs of nomadic women, focusing on everyday issues, job skills and economic challenges. Also, the establishment of mobile training units with the presence of expert trainers to teach information literacy, self-assessment and entrepreneurship skills in nomadic areas is emphasized.