Perceptions of development in rural and urban settings of Morogoro district.
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Date
2007
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SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE
Abstract
The study identified perceptions of development of people in the settings of Morogoro,
rural and urban areas. The study was conducted in Matombo Division and Morogoro
Municipality representing rural and urban areas respectively, where 88 in rural and 104
respondents in urban areas were interviewed. Standard survey research design was used.
The information was collected by using structured questionnaire where respondents were
visited and interviewed. The study results show that perceptions of the people on
development were significantly (P<0.01) associated with the settings in which the people
lived. Attributes such as socio-economic opportunities available, stage of socio-economic
development of a household and how they influenced perceptions of the people in the two
settings. In the rural areas development was perceived in terms of having a productive
farmland, obtaining ordinary secondary school education, possessing better farming tools,
a radio, a bicycle for own transportation, a house with more than five rooms, participating
in the traditional dances, living in the rural areas, and having more power in decision
making. In the urban areas development was perceived as having more capital for non farm
business enterprises, owning a telephone, having a family, living in the urban areas, and
owning a vehicle. Furthermore some indicators of development were not significantly
(P>0.05) associated with the settings people lived. These were land ownership where
respondents in the two settings aspired to own land and a house. Rather, the type of land
ownership was not the same where in the rural areas they preferred clan and public, while
in the urban areas they preferred individual ownership. Western cultures were not
important in both settings where respondents in both settings saw they were polluting
traditional culture.
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Masters Dissertation
Keywords
development, rural, urban, Morogoro, settings