Socio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill Tracts - chtdf

HDRCSocio-economic Baseline Survey of Chittagong Hill TractsCHAPTER XIHOUSEHOLD INCOME8411.1 IntroductionThe survey has gathered information on source-wise household income earned by allhousehold members, male or female. A comprehensive list of household income sources hasbeen prepared for administering during the survey keeping the provision of inclusion ofmissing (if any) source applicable for any of the sample households during the data collectionprocess. Thus, exhaustive information on annual household gross income along with cost ofgenerating the same has been collected for each of the sample household. It is to note that anyamount which is greater than zero has been documented as income against any sourcementioned by the respondent. The annual net household income reported in theaccompanying chapter as household income has been estimated by subtracting the cost ofincome generation from the gross income by sources. The aggregated net income of allapplicable sources for each household is considered as household annual net income for theparticular household. The survey has also generated women’s share in household’s netincome by sources. Discussions on the sources of income in rural CHT is presented in section11.2, the analysis of household income scenario is made in section 11.3, while section 11.4analyses the contribution of women members in household income.11.2 Income SourcesThe survey has revealed that there are altogether 35 different types of income sourcesapplicable for rural households in CHT. Not all the sources are applicable for each of thehouseholds; moreover some of the sources are limited among specific ethnic communities.The income sources are grouped into five broad categories (Figure 11.1): (i) agriculturerelated (10 sources), (ii) business (7 sources), (iii) Wages (non-farm) and salaried (3 sources),(iv) traditional for rural CHT (5 sources), and (v) others (10 sources).Figure 11.1: Classification of Household Income Sources in Rural CHTHousehold Income SourcesAgriculturerelatedBusinessWages & salariedempowermentTraditionalOthers1. Agriculture land(plough)2. Agriculture land(jum)3. Wage labor(agriculture)4. Livestock5. Poultry6. Share basedcattle/pig rearing7. Trees/nurseries8. Fruits9. Vegetable10. Catching fish11. AgricultureImplants1. Timber business2. Lending money3. Petty trading4. Transport5. Cottage industry6. Other industries7. Rent house/ shops1. Wage labor (nonagriculture)2. Honorarium3. Salariedemployment1. Selling/collectingforest resources2. Hunting3. Indigenoustraditionaloccupation4. Other traditionaloccupation5. Karbari allowance1. Remittance2. Gratuity/pension3. Gift4. Female stipend5. Social securitysupport6. Petition writing7. Village doctor8. Selling land9. Birth attendant10. Money from home