Table 3 The top most important off-farm income sources
Off-farm income activity | Male-headed households | Female-headed households | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
f | Responses, % | f | Responses, % | |
None | 72.0 | 51.8 | 36 | 67.9 |
Loan from credit institution | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Remittances | 1.0 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.8 |
Formal/salaried employment (drivers, teachers and factory workers) | 17.0 | 12.2 | 3 | 5.7 |
Casual worker | 6.0 | 4.3 | 3 | 5.7 |
Stone quarrying | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.8 |
Brewing alcohol | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Small business (retail shop, restaurant, buying and selling of agricultural produce in markets) | 26.0 | 18.7 | 4 | 7.5 |
Mechanic (bicycle repair) | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Transport (motorbike riding as taxi service) | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Brick laying | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
Charcoal burning | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.9 |
Handcraft making | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2 | 3.8 |
Tailoring | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 139.0a | 100 | 53a | 100 |