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Determinants of Rural Households’ Choice of Non-Farm Livelihood Patterns in Southeast Nigeria
Canadian Social Science
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Determinants of Rural Households’ Choice of Non-Farm Livelihood Patterns in Southeast Nigeria
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Angba, C. W
Nwaogwugwu, O. N. |
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Livelihood resources; Non-farm livelihood patterns; Rural households — |
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| Description |
The study ascertained the determinants of the choice of non-farm livelihood patterns of rural households in Southeast Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: describe the socio-economic characteristics of rural households in the study area, identify the predominant non-farm livelihood patterns adopted by rural households and ascertain available livelihood resources and estimate the determinants of the choice of non-farm livelihood patterns among households in the study area. A five (5)–stage random sampling procedure was used in the selection of 360 samples for the study. A structured and validated interview schedule was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using mean, frequencies, percentages and ordered logit regression model. Results indicated that trading (mean = 3.98), commercial cars/motorcycle services (mean = 3.91), Bicycle repairing (mean = 3.71), tailoring and weaving (mean = 3.53), were the predominant non-farm livelihood patterns of the respondents. Furthermore, human capital (mean = 2.86) and social capital resources (mean = 3.13) were their available livelihood resources. Human capital resources (p = 0.001) and physical capital resources (p = 0.076) were the determinants of respondents’ choice of non-farm livelihood patterns. The study recommends that all stakeholders should intensify rural infrastructural development.
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Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures
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2020-05-26
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/11621
10.3968/11621 |
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Canadian Social Science; Vol 16, No 5 (2020): Canadian Social Science; 1-6
1923-6697 1712-8056 |
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eng
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http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/11621/11566
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Copyright (c) 2020 Canadian Social Science
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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