Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad

The importance of non-farm employment to rural households was widely acknowledged. However, empirical evidence on the relationship between household assets and non-farm activities is hardly found. This study identifies the determinants of a household’s selection of a livelihood strategy. Results fro...

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Main Authors: Saiful Nathan, Siti Badariah, Mohamad, Mohd Rosli
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business Management 2014
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10263/
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description The importance of non-farm employment to rural households was widely acknowledged. However, empirical evidence on the relationship between household assets and non-farm activities is hardly found. This study identifies the determinants of a household’s selection of a livelihood strategy. Results from multinomial logistic regression showed that the size of cultivated land was a significant factor for a livelihood strategy. The average education of working members, the share of other non-farm income and the availability of credit were also the significant determinants of a diversified livelihood strategy. This indicates that any policy intervention should be distinctive for certain group of paddy farming households.
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spelling uitm-102632025-05-04T10:34:39Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10263/ Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad Saiful Nathan, Siti Badariah Mohamad, Mohd Rosli Indexes (General) The importance of non-farm employment to rural households was widely acknowledged. However, empirical evidence on the relationship between household assets and non-farm activities is hardly found. This study identifies the determinants of a household’s selection of a livelihood strategy. Results from multinomial logistic regression showed that the size of cultivated land was a significant factor for a livelihood strategy. The average education of working members, the share of other non-farm income and the availability of credit were also the significant determinants of a diversified livelihood strategy. This indicates that any policy intervention should be distinctive for certain group of paddy farming households. Faculty of Business Management 2014 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10263/2/10263.pdf Saiful Nathan, Siti Badariah and Mohamad, Mohd Rosli (2014) Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad. (2014)
spellingShingle Indexes (General)
Saiful Nathan, Siti Badariah
Mohamad, Mohd Rosli
Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad
title Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad
title_full Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad
title_fullStr Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad
title_full_unstemmed Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad
title_short Livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in Northwest Selangor, Malaysia / Siti Badariah Saiful Nathan and Mohd Rosli Mohamad
title_sort livelihood strategies and household income of a paddy farming community in northwest selangor, malaysia / siti badariah saiful nathan and mohd rosli mohamad
topic Indexes (General)
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10263/