Financial performance of hairstyling business owners based on gender analysis selected areas of Cavite / by Ana Marie Valerie A. Belonio, Ella Mae G. Lomat and Jonee Mae B. Luna.

Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Business Management Major in Financial Management) Cavite State University.

Includes bibliographical references.

College of Economics, Management and Development Studies (CEMDS), Department of Management

BELONIO, ANA MARIE VALERIE A., LOMAT, ELLA MAE G., AND LUNA. JONEE MAE B. Financial Performance of Hairstyling Business Owners based on Gender Analysis in Selected Areas of Cavite. Undergraduate Thesis Bachelor of Science in Business Management major in Financial Management. Cavite State University, lndang, Cavite. June 2019. Adviser: Prof. Cecilia T. Cayao.
The study was conducted to determine the significant difference between female-owned and male-owned hairstyling business owners in selected areas of Cavite. Specifically, it aimed to determine the following: (1) sex-disaggregated data of the hairstyling business owners in terms of socio-demographic profile, access to and control over resources; and patterns of financial decision making; (2) socio-demographic profile of the hairstyling business owners in terms of age, civil status, number of dependents, and educational background; (3) characteristics of the hairstyling business in terms of location of the business and services offered; (4) financial decision-making of the hairstyling business in terms of sourcing of funds, financial control and investment of funds; (5) access to and control over resources in terms of income, land and labor; (6) financial performance of the hairstyling business in terms of net income, and return on investment; (7) significant difference between sex disaggregated data of female and male owner of hairstyling business in terms of access to and control over resources and patterns of decision making; (8) significant difference in net income and return on investment of male and female owner of hairstyling business; (9) problems encountered by the owners of hairstyling business. Descriptive and correlational designs were used as the research designs and simple random sampling was used as the sampling technique for the study. The participants were 204 hairstyling business owners in selected 5 cities in Cavite. Mean, standard deviation, frequency count, percentage, and ranking were used to analyze the gathered data; T-test was utilized to determine the significant difference.
Based on the results, most of the hairstyling business owners were typical Filipino business owners, either female or male, middle-aged, single, has children and has formal education. Most have completed their secondary and tertiary level, proving the emphasis and value given to education by Filipinos. The study also showed not much significant difference between the individual characteristics of female and male hairstyling business owners. It was found out that they differ in terms of their educational background, number of employees, and between the problems encountered in the business. The study revealed that both men and women are hands-on in their business, in terms of their income, land and labor. Further, for both male and female in terms of gender analysis, there were no significant difference between access to and control over resources and patterns of financial decision making. This implies that both male and female owners of hairstyling business owners are both dedicated and effective in handling and improving their businesses.

Submitted to the University Library 10/16/2019 T-8713