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METHODOLOGY
This research consists of secondary and primary research. Secondary
research includes the use of secondary information from news,
government websites, and journals to produce a framework that may
be suitable for use by zakat and waqf management in improving the
economic condition of women in Malaysia. While the main study was
conducted by sending out 7,107 questionnaires via e-mail to MARA
entrepreneurs to explore their desire to use co-working spaces. Most
MARA entrepreneurs are either Malay or Bumiputera entrepreneurs,
therefore, it can be generalized that most of them are Muslim.

Questionnaires were sent to all MARA entrepreneurs from all 14 states
in Malaysia namely Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Federal
Territory, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor, Kelantan, Pahang,
Terengganu, Sabah, and Sarawak. About 398 answered the survey, out
of which about 269 were male entrepreneurs, and 129 female
entrepreneurs. Since the purpose of this paper is to explore the
acceptance of Muslim women of the concept of co-working space,
about 129 female entrepreneurs were selected and were considered as
sufficient for the exploratory study. Since this study is an exploratory
study, as many as 129 case data can be used for the purpose of this
paper.

RESULTS AND FINDINGS
This section forwarded a brief discussion on the analysis of the
respondents (4.1), reliability analysis results for each construct or
dimension (4.2), and the results of the Pearson Correlation Analysis
(4.3).

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