Abstract
A wife who is totally dependent on her husband in providing all the family comforts and necessities, will undoubtedly fell the hardships especially when divorced or after the death of her husband. These single mother feel that an easy way to get financial resources is by participating in business activities or entrepreneurial activities. This paper is to analyze length of time taken to get out of poverty by carrying out entrepreneurial activities. The study found that the income from entrepreneurial activities earned by single mother succeed in bringing them out of poverty line without need to rely on non-entrepreneurial income and non-work income. the study indicates that by participating in entrepreneurial activities the poverty rate is only 12 percent compared to 76 percent if they are not involved in entrepreneurial activities. In addition the result also show that the income from entrepreneurial activities is successful in shortening the length of time to break out of poverty for the single mothers.
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