Perceptions of development in rural and urban settings of Morogoro district.
| dc.contributor.author | Hishamu H | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-24T05:05:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-24T05:05:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | Masters Dissertation | |
| dc.description.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. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Development Cooperation Ireland (DCI), | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/6883 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE | |
| dc.subject | development | |
| dc.subject | rural | |
| dc.subject | urban | |
| dc.subject | Morogoro | |
| dc.subject | settings | |
| dc.title | Perceptions of development in rural and urban settings of Morogoro district. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |