The Ahikuntaka
A publication documenting the lives and livelihoods of the Ahikuntaka or gypsy community in Sri Lanka. A collection of vibrant photographs and a baseline survey on the current socio economic status of the Ahikuntaka conducted by the Colombo University complement this timely publication.
A publication documenting the lives and livelihoods of the Ahikuntaka or gypsy community in Sri Lanka. A collection of vibrant photographs and a baseline survey on the current socio economic status of the Ahikuntaka conducted by the Colombo University complement this timely publication.
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Table 11 (on previous page) shows that the majority of the respondents 45.09% have an average monthly family income between<br />
LKR10001-15000. An almost equal percentage (19.41% and 19.04%) falls within the monthly income range of LKR 15001-20000<br />
and LKR 5000-10000 respectively. A very small percentage of 0.84% belongs to the category having a monthly income of LKR40001<br />
and above while the percentage having a monthly income between LKR 25000 and LKR40000 is 5.04, the percentage below the<br />
LKR5000 is 7.28%. It is observed that a percentage of 64.70% fall within the income group between LKR 10001 – 20000 which<br />
may be considered just above the poverty level depending on the needs of the households in a hamlet of this type. A small percentage<br />
of households 3.36% come above the range of LKR 30001 – 40000 which may be considered affluence in this community, while a<br />
still smaller percent of 1.40% have the highest income of between LKR 35001 – 40001 and above and may be considered very affluent<br />
within the community.<br />
Table 12: Distribution of the responses of the families in relation to their average monthly<br />
expenditure as a percentage of the total family income<br />
Expenditure<br />
Category<br />
Children’s<br />
education<br />
Number of families / Percentage of total income<br />
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