Rural Income Generation and Diversification - A Case Study ... - Doria

Table 6. Percentages of income from different sources by income tercile. ............................ 75
Table 7. Forest products sold by households. ......................................................................... 79
Table 8. Types of business operated by households. .............................................................. 80
Table 9. The numbers of people involved in wage employment and piecework activities. ... 81
Table 10. Levels of household income (Kwacha) by source and tercile. ............................... 87
Table 11. Percentages of household earning income from each source by income tercile. ... 88
Table 12. Household characteristics disaggregated by the sex of the household head. ......... 89
Table 13. Income-mix groups in Eastern Province. ................................................................ 90
Table 14. Household characteristics by income tercile. ......................................................... 93
Table 15. Household characteristics by cultivated land area. ................................................. 94
Table 16. Elements of the participation variable. ................................................................... 97
Table 17. Elements of the vulnerability variable. ................................................................... 99
Table 18. Descriptive statistics for the independent variables .............................................. 100
Table 19. Determinants of household income levels in Eastern Province. ........................... 103
Table 20. Determinants of the shares of household-income sources in Eastern Province. .. 104
Table 21. Multinomial logit estimates of the determinants of income-mix choice. ............. 105
Table 22. Differences in gross income between 1985/86 and 2003 in real terms ................ 107
Table 23. Household characteristics in 1985/86 and 2003. .................................................. 108
Table 24. The proportions of various sources of income in Eastern Province. .................... 109
Table 25. Income distribution and inequality. ...................................................................... 109
Table 26. Crop production in 1985/86 and 2001/02. ............................................................ 111
Table 27. Businesses operated by the households in 1985/86 and 2002/03. ........................ 113
Table 28. District-level statistics, 2000/01 season, Eastern Province. ................................. 147
Table 29. Cropping activity and labour use (Eastern Plateau). ............................................ 148
Table 30. The four districts selected for the EPIDS study in Eastern Province. .................. 149
List of Figures
Figure 1. Production trends in food staples in Zambia. .......................................................... 23
Figure 2. A framework for the micro-policy analysis of rural livelihoods. ............................ 44
Figure 3. Selected asset levels by income tercile, scaled values. ........................................... 74
Figure 4. Percentages of income from different sources by income tercile. .......................... 76
Figure 5. Wage and piecework activities per month. ............................................................. 82
Figure 6. The Lorenz curve for household-income inequality. .............................................. 86
Figure 7. Household income shares and scaled levels by income tercile. .............................. 87
Figure 8. Household income shares and scaled levels by cultivation size. ............................ 88
Figure 9. The use of agricultural land, Eastern Province. ..................................................... 112