Socio-Economic Factors and Profitability of Groundnut Processing by Women in Kano State, Nigeria

The study assessed the effect of socio-economic factors on profitability of groundnut processing into groundnut cake and oil by women in Kano State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed. In the first stage, the three agricultural zones of the state were all selected for the study then two registered groups of women groundnut processors and finally all 25 members of each group to give a total sample size of 298 respondents. The tools of the analysis employed for data interpretation were descriptive statistics, and multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that age (β = 165.822, P